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APRIL 30, 2014

Los Angeles-based streaming television provider Hulu said today that its Hulu Plus subscription service has just passed six million subscribers, which it credited to both exclusive access to broadcast and cable shows, as well as its own original content effort, Hulu Originals. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

Los Angeles-based Hulu , the television and movie streaming service, reported Thursday afternoon that its Hulu Plus service is now available on Western Digital's new WD TV Live Streaming Media Player. The Hulu Plus feature requires viewers to have a Hulu plus subscription, which runs $7.99

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MARCH 2, 2010

Los Angeles-based streaming media site Hulu.com said Tuesday afternoon that two of the firm's most popular shows, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report, are being pulled from the site. According to Hulu, Comedy Central has decided to rotate the shows off the service, as of 11:59 p.m. PST on Tuesday, March 9th. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Hulu announced today that it has inked a multi-year license deal with CBS , to add library content from the network to Hulu Plus. The deal also includes rotation of some of those titles through the free Hulu.com service. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based streaming television provider Hulu , and streaming music provider Spotify , hoping to hook college students on their services, said on Thursday they are rolling out a new entertainment streaming bundle for U.S. The new service costs only $4.99 college students. who are enrolled in a U.S.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Los Angele-based online video site Hulu.com said Wednesday evening that it has reached a content partnership with Viacom, which will return "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" to Hulu. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Those shows include Jersey Shore, Tosh.0, Those shows include Jersey Shore, Tosh.0,

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Jason Kilar , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Hulu , is due to leave the firm on April 1st--but Hulu has yet to find a successor, according to an AdAge report today. However, AdAge says that Hulu has yet to appoint a search firm to find a new CEO, although the firm might be looking at internal candidates. and Comcast. and Comcast.

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APRIL 30, 2009

The Walt Disney Company is the latest firm to invest in online video aggregator Hulu , saying this morning that it has agreed to join NBC Universal, New Corporation, and Providence Equity Partners as a joint venture partner in the site. Tags: streaming media capital venture content video hulu walt disney. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

Los Angeles-based Hulu and Irvine-based Western Digital said this week that the two have connected Hulu's premium service, Hulu Plus, to WD's WD TV Live Plus and WD TV Live Hub media players. The access to Hulu content requires a $7.99 a month subscription to Hulu Plus. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2011

Irvine-based Western Digital , the developer of disk drives and other electronics products, said today that it has launched a new version of its streaming media player which connects with the Spotify music service. The WD streaming media player uses wireless 802.11n to connect to the Internet. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu appears to have suffered a major outage on Sunday, prompting a rash of complaints on social media. It's unclear what the cause of the issue was, which mostly hit the Eastern half of the United States.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu has rolled out a new feature to help its users track their favorite shows and content on the service. hulu watchlist show content episode movie tracking hollywood streaming media video' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Both Netflix , which has a substantial operation in Los Angeles, and Los Angeles-based Hulu are both considering an expansion into the hotel entertainment market, in a test with Marriott International , according to a report this morning. netflix hulu marriott streaming video television demand' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Western Digital said that its new product streams popular Internet channels from YouTube, Netflix, Hulu Plus, VUDU, and other services, in addition to streaming a user's own personal photos, music, and video. Irvine-based WD has debuted a new streaming video player today, called the WD TV Play.

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JULY 27, 2011

Los Angeles-based TopSpin Media , the provider of tools for helping musicians market themselves online, has scored a win with the Sundance Institute , the nonprofit which runs the Sundance Film Festival. Financial details of the win were not announced. Topspin is headed by Ian Rogers and was founded by Shamal Ranasinghe and Peter Gotcher.

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MARCH 24, 2015

Vessel , the streaming media subscription service led by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, has launched to the public, saying that consumers can subscribe to the service for $2.99 However, Vessel is offering up a year of service for free to new subscribers. vessel jason kilar hulu subscription streaming video media'

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APRIL 1, 2014

TrueCar is the first ever Internet service that tells you exactly how much other people in your area paid for the car you want to buy. Or when Viacom sued YouTube, the music industry sued Napster or even when Hulu was created (I think I was the first to publicly call out that Hulu was really formed like OPEC.). Turkey or China?

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu has dropped support for Google's Daydream VR platform, according to a report on Thursday, which makes it impossible for owners of Google's VR headset to access Hulu content. Hulu quietly dropped the support in the past couple of weeks. The report--from Variety --said.

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JULY 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based streaming media site Pluto TV has inked a deal to stream free content from Hulu, Jukin Media, and a number of others , to bolster the content lineup for the service. operates an online and mobile service which provides curated access to video streaming content, and is venture backed by U.S.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based OpenX appears to be continuing to bolster its executive ranks--and a possible IPO bid--with the naming of Tom Fuelling, the former CFO of Hulu, as its Chief Financial Officer this morning. openx fuelling hulu executive merger acquisition' Fuelling was at ARTISTdirect when it went through its own IPO. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company says it has reached 137M paid subscriptions across its direct-to-consumer services, including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, and says it hopes to reach 300-350M subscriptions to those services by 2024. million Hulu subscribers, and 86.8M million Hulu subscribers, and 86.8M

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APRIL 12, 2013

Beverly Hills-based Hasbro Studios , the content division of toy maker Hasbro, and streaming media provider Netflix said Thursday that the two are in an expanded, multi-year programming agreement. That move also has made those same streaming media providers one of the big new sources of original production efforts in Los Angeles.

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MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. Who is the ideal audience for this service--studios, independents, others? What's your background?

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JUNE 9, 2016

If you wanted to find someone who truly understands the convergence of the media and technology, you need to go no further than Peter Csathy , the CEO of newly launched CREATV Media (www.creatv.media). Peter Csathy: CREATV Media is a very different kind of firm. I came to Manatt to build digital media companies.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the online video guide service funded by Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures, said that it has linked with the University of California, Los Angeles, with a branded version of the service specifically for UCLA students.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2011

They are a national practice but “it would be hard to see a local media success that Revolution isn’t part of&#. This potential merger is another example of media companies getting together in what seems like a monopolistic way that still might find itself as prey for market innovation of the future; like Hulu for example.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Does the world need another, online streaming media service for movies and television? We caught up with M-GO''s CEO, John Batter , to hear about where M-GO fits into the streaming media market. It turns out that Technicolor had already been separately developing a platform for digital media distribution.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

It’s the biggest night for television and streaming media services tonight as the stars are gathering to celebrate themselves at the 70th annual Emmy Awards. While NBC isn’t available on these services in all areas, check and make sure that your provider of choice has the network should a viewer want to tune in.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Surf Air ($2.6M, Los Angeles, subscription aircraft service). TapIt Media acquired for $23M by Phunware. LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. Surf Air Gets First Aircraft. Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence). Acquisition of note: Nexsan Acquired For $120M, by Imation.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

seamlessly connect to your smartphone, PC, and streaming media services. The company's all- in-one Play:3 lets users control their music wirelessly, and stream from your music library, music services, or radio stations. Access your media collection, connect to the Internet, stream video from Hulu, NetFlix, YouTUbe, and more.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

No matter how smart or knowledgable Gore was he couldn’t get a break in the media. I have sat through countless pitches with Ivy League grads spewing off intellectual descriptions of the details of their product or service and why it will win in the market. how informed will they be about our product / service?

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APRIL 24, 2013

Guest article by Richie Hecker, Founder of Bootstrapper Media. A good example of growth hacking was Andrei Marinescu’s role as head of customer acquisition for Hulu. During an interview, he discusses that Hulu had its free version with 25 M uniques, which they needed to actively covert into premium subscribers.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Distribber.com isa new-model flat-fee distribution service that places independent films on digital sales platforms such as iTunes, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Cable VOD while allowing filmmakers to keep 100% of their revenue. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I’ve spent a lot of my career thinking about digital and online video (with investments in companies like Maker Studios) so for that reason amongst many, I was excited to open the Upfront Summit a few weeks ago by interviewing Meg Whitman about Quibi and the digital media space. monthly subscription (or $8 ad free) for Quibi?

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APRIL 26, 2011

When you want to order something from a catering service, or order gym membership for all of your employees, or you want to go out and pick up your drycleaning or set up daycare, each relationships falls into a unique framework. We have people like Hulu, Shoedazzle, Docstoc, and a ton more signed up already.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. And it is the most notable media darling not making any money so everyone is asking the question – how will they make money? So did the media. Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo! was the “static&# web.

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