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Hulu is an ad-supported online video service that offers on-demand streaming content including popular TV shows, movies, and other clips from many networks including FOX, ABC, and NBC. The company's ownership is shared by The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal, News Corporation, Providence Equity Partners, and the Hulu team. It started its subscription-based service in 2007 Hulu also provides a premium service for customers called Hulu Plus, which provides more content on additional devices for $7.99 a month. As of 2011, Hulu Plus has 1.5 million subscribers, making it the fastest video subscription service to reach that number in U.S. history. Hulu's headquarters are located in Los Angeles, California.

History

Hulu was founded in March of 2007 in partnership with AOL, Comcast, MSN, MySpace, and Yahoo. It started with an invitation-based beta testing only available in the U.S. Jason Hilar was appointed CEO in 2007.

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