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• Hulu
• Hulu.com
• Hulu Plus

Hulu is an American subscription streaming service owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast’s NBCUniversal. It was launched on October 29, 2007, and it offers a library of films and television series from studios including 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, Disney Television Studios, ABC, Freeform, and FX Networks, among others, as well as Hulu original programming. Hulu was initially established as a joint venture between News Corporation and NBC Universal, Providence Equity Partners, and later The Walt Disney Company, serving as an aggregation of recent episodes of television series from their respective television networks. In 2010, Hulu launched a subscription service, initially branded as “Hulu Plus,” which featured full seasons of programs from the companies and other partners and undelayed access to new episodes. In 2017, the company launched Hulu with Live TV, a live TV service featuring linear television channels. As of October 1, 2022, Hulu has a total of 47.2 million subscribers. Individuals who were instrumental in the founding of Hulu include Bruce Campbell, Peter Chernin, JB Perrette, Mike Lang, Beth Comstock, George Kliavkoff, Darren Feher, and Jason Kilar. Hulu was announced in March 2007 with AOL, NBC Universal (then co-owned by General Electric and Vivendi), MSN, Myspace, and Yahoo! planned as “initial distribution partners”. Jason Kilar was named Hulu CEO in late 2007. The name Hulu was chosen in late August 2007, when the website went live with an announcement only and no content. It invited users to leave their email addresses for the upcoming beta test. In October 2007, Hulu began private beta testing by invitation and later allowed users to invite friends. Hulu launched for public access in the United States on March 12, 2008. The first product to launch was the HULU Syndication network, which was designed and developed by the NBC Universal team from New York on October 29, 2007, led by Tom Sharma, followed by the Hulu.com destinations site. Hulu began an advertising campaign during NBC’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII with an initial ad starring Alec Baldwin titled “Alec in Huluwood.” Hulu streams original programs created from within the company. From January 17, 2011, to April 24, 2014, Hulu streamed its in-house web series, The Morning After, a light-hearted pop-culture news show. On January 16, 2012, Hulu announced that it would be airing its first original script-based program, titled Battleground, which premiered in February 2012. The program aired on Hulu’s free web service rather than on the subscription-based Hulu Plus. Battleground is described as a documentary-style political drama. Later that same month, Hulu announced it would air The Fashion Fund, a six-part reality series, and the winner of the show would receive $300,000 to start their career. To continue with its original programming movement, Hulu announced that there would be a total of seven original programs that were planned to air on its service: Battleground, Day in the Life, and Up to Speed were previously mentioned, and on April 19, Hulu added four more shows to its list: Don’t Quit Your Daydream, Flow, The Awesomes, and We Got Next. Some of these programs began airing in 2012, while others premiered over the next few years. On May 21, 2012, Hulu announced it would be bringing Kevin Smith to its lineup of original programming. Smith hosts a movie discussion show titled Spoilers, which began airing in mid-2012. In March 2016, Lionsgate Premiere and Hulu jointly acquired distribution rights to the film Joshy, which was later released on August 12, 2016. On May 4, 2016, Hulu acquired The Beatles: Eight Days a Week as its first documentary acquisition as part of a planned Hulu Documentary Films collection. The film premiered theatrically on September 15 before debuting on the streaming service on September 17 Hulu offers different subscription options to access its content. Hulu’s subscription service was officially launched on November 17, 2010, under the branding Hulu Plus. The service remained advertising-supported, but it offers an expanded content library, including full seasons, day-after access to current season content, and more episodes of shows available. Hulu also launched Hulu Plus apps on other types of devices, including mobile, digital media players, and video game consoles. By the end of 2011, Hulu Plus had around 1.5 million subscribers. On April 29, 2015, it was announced that the “Hulu Plus” branding would be discontinued and that the service would be henceforth marketed as simply “Hulu” to place it in line with its subscription-only competitors. By then, the service had grown to 9 million subscribers. The Wall Street Journal reported in July 2015 that Hulu was exploring an advertising-free subscription option for around $12 to $14 a month. This was confirmed as going forward as of September 2, 2015, with a “No Commercials” plan priced at $11.99, $4 more than the $7.99 monthly rate for a “Limited Commercials” subscription. In May 2016, Hulu announced that it had reached 12 million subscribers. In January 2018, Hulu announced that it had reached 17 million subscribers. Since the launch of Disney+ in November 2019, the service has been available in the United States in a bundle with Hulu and ESPN+, priced at US$12.99 per month for the ad-supported tier of Hulu and US$18.99 for the ad-free tier of Hulu. On September 7, 2021, Disney announced that Hulu would be getting a price increase on October 8, 2021. The ad-supported Hulu plan will increase from $5.99 to $6.99 a month, while the ad-free Hulu plan will increase from $11.99 to $12.99 a month. The Hulu live TV plan and the Disney bundle, which includes Disney+, Hulu with ads, and ESPN+ for $13.99 a month, will not get a price increase at this time.

Get together the following account information:

• First Name
• Last Name
• Phone Number
• Email Address
• Username
• Password
• Billing Address
• City
• State/Province/Region
• ZIP/Postal Code
• Country
• Reason for Cancellation
• Last 4 Digits of Card
• Date of Last Charge
• Amount of Last Charge

Follow these steps:

1. In a browser, goto https://help.hulu.com/s/contact
2. Get logged in with email and password
3. Pick the option labeled “Start Chat”
4. Advise the rep that you need to cancel
5. Give the rep your account info
6. Be sure to get a confirmation number or email for the cancellation
7. Be sure to keep the email and/or confirmation info about the cancellation

Follow these steps:

1. In a browser, goto http://www.hulu.com
2. Get logged in with email and password
3. Pick the option labeled “Account” in the top corner
4. Pick the option labeled “Cancel Subscription”

Follow these steps:

1. Contact customer service at 877-485-8411
2. Advise the rep that you need to cancel
3. Give the rep your account info
4. Be sure to get a confirmation number or email for the cancellation
5. Be sure to keep the email and/or confirmation info about the cancellation