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Seller: Hulu, LLC (
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Category: Entertainment Reviewed Version: 7.7
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Price: Paid Options Hulu provides a basic regular package of 6$ but it comes with commercial then comes a more expensive Hulu plus 12$ services which come with no commercial features. Hulu provides Add-ons of Live TV which starts at 54.99$ which is quite expensive. It provides add on like Showtime and HBO max and many of the cable network channels on Live TV.
Supported Languages: English
Hulu is a digital television as it provides streaming media, video on demand, and Television on demand. It is only available in the USA and Japan as it’s owned by Walt Disney Company and Comcast in the USA and Japan respectively. Its business type is a joint venture. It’s in direct competition with Netflix for providing exclusive content streaming. Hulu is one of the leading platforms for cord-cutter in America with its wide range of content and streams content for every type of viewers with content devised into categories. It gives you content from nail-biting thriller to belly-wobbling comedy and from action-packed entertainment to heart wrecking drama.
App Features and Capabilities • Compatibility with devices:
It is not as worldwide as Netflix or Amazon Prime but it not on the backhand with features as it is available on your Smart TV, Tablet, Laptop and Smartphone and all apple devices with same features across all the gadgets.
• Re-watch favourite Episodes:
It gives you the option to re-watch numerous times your favourite episodes of your favourite television shows. It gives you a separate place for making a list of your favourite shows too.
• Hulu Live TV:
Hulu gives you on-demand Live TV option with 50+ channels. During the free trial of one month, Hulu gives you a week free trial of Hulu Live TV, and you can add Live TV to your regular basic package.
• Different Plans:
Hulu gives you regular Hulu package which is cheapest and affordable but it has commercials and a bit expensive package which comes with an advantage of no ads.
• Original Hulu Content:
Hulu produces some binge-watching shows such as The Handmaid’s Tale and Ramy, which are not available on other platforms. Hulu also streams original documentary-like Hilary is exclusive for Hulu.
Pros • It gives you the cheapest basic regular package compared to other online platform but has a disadvantage of commercials.
• Hulu has the quickest update of newest episodes. Episodes airing on cable come on to the platform as fastest to Hulu as one day while other platform takes few weeks or months to come on to their platforms after there completion on TV.
• It has one of the best original networks which gives an edge to this over other platforms of online content streaming platforms.
• It gives you option to add-on and bundles with add-ons such as HBO+ and Showtime without worrying of multiple apps and let you save money on different bundles too.
• It gives you 50 hours of DVR storage which can be useful.
Cons • It gives you commercial even on the paid package, unlike other online streaming service providers, and you can remove them with many expensive services.
• It gives you a limited amount of content as compared to other streaming platforms like Amazon Prime and Netflix with content over 100 thousand series while Hulu contains content of 5000
• Hulu is consistent on newer content but misses on older content as few episodes are missing on the former series on the platform.
Other Information to Know Hulu came to the general public on March 12, 2018. It has over 32 Million subscribers in America. It has a 4.7 Star rating on IOS. It was noted that 18 per cent of the citizen of America ageing from 18 to 29 years old frequently stream Hulu in a day. Hulu word comes from two Mandarin Chinese syllables. It is reported 2.4 Billion US Dollars were revenue generated in 2017. Hulu got 20 nominations for Emmy for its content with winning one in 2019.