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Disney+ price hike coming with a Hulu app merger later this year
Despite the merger, both apps will be available as standalone options.
In a major move that could have far-reaching consequences in the OTT streaming market, Disney has announced that two of its popular apps, Disney+ and Hulu, will merge into one single entity later this year. In a statement this week, the company's CEO, Bob Iger, said the "one app experience" will be rolled out in the U.S. later this year, with Hulu content incorporated right into Disney+. However, despite the merger, the standalone Hulu app will remain operational, at least for the time being. ESPN+ will continue to be offered as a separate app, the company said.
Hulu removes free trials and new sign ups from Android as Google starts enforcing Play billing system
The recent update to Hulu for Android and the Hulu app for Android TV has removed the option to sign up for a new account or a free trial.
Hulu has removed the ability to sign up for new accounts and free trials from its Android app. The move comes as Google has started enforcing third-party apps to switch to its Play Billing system for in-app purchases. If an app doesn't want to use the Play Billing system, it must remove its own billing system. For Hulu, adopting Play Billing means sharing a revenue cut (up to 15%) with Google every time a new user signs up or renews their subscription. To avoid this, Hulu has now paused new sign ups and free trials through its Android app.
Hulu Live TV now offers free unlimited DVR, just like YouTube TV
Hulu with Live TV won't charge extra for more DVR storage starting April 13, matching the unlimited DVR offered by YouTube TV.
Hulu is probably best known for its on-demand streaming library of movies and TV shows, but it also offers a Live TV service comparable to YouTube TV, DirecTV Stream, or Sling TV. Like some of its competitors, Hulu offered more expensive TV plans with cloud storage for DVR recordings, but now the company is ditching that.
Hulu Subscription is down to just $0.99 a month for Black Friday
Here's a Hulu Black Friday deal you susrely shouldn't miss out on! The montly subscription is down to just 99 cents which is a steal!
Hulu is a popular streaming service in the US affiliated with Disney. You get plenty of shows and movies on the streaming service including some originals. If you didn't have a subscription to Hulu yet and were eyeing to get one, well, there's good news! As a part of its Black Friday promotion, Hulu is offering a yearly subscription to its platform for just 99 cents a month.
Hulu to raise prices of both of its on-demand services from next month
Hulu is set to raise prices of both its on-demand services from next month, though not by a whole lot. Read more about it here!
Hulu is set to raise the prices of both of its on-demand streaming services from next month, the company announced on Tuesday. The company operates two streaming services; ad-supported, and ad-free. However, from October 8th, both services will increase in price. Hulu is owned by Disney, and both Disney+ and ESPN will be increasing their prices, too. The advertisement-supported version of Hulu will go up from $5.99 a month to $6.99 a month, whereas the advertisement-free tier will go up from $11.99 to $12.99.
Hulu finally adds HDR content for compatible Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, and more devices
Hulu has finally added support for HDR streaming. Users can now watch select shows and movies in 4K HDR on supported devices.
With more and more smartphones and TVs launching with HDR support, demand for HDR content has skyrocketed in recent times. Streaming giants such as Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime have long offered HDR content, while Google Play Movies & TV (now Google TV) and HBO Max started offering HDR content just last year. Now at long last, Hulu is finally adding support for HDR streaming.
Hulu's Android TV app finally allows 1080p streaming on NVIDIA SHIELD TV
Hulu's Android TV app gets some flak for offering a subpar experience, but it's finally getting 1080p streaming support on NVIDIA SHIELD TV.
Hulu has never seemed to pay much attention to Android TV devices. Hulu's Android TV app finally received an overhaul in 2019, with the same updated interface that other platforms already had, but there was still one frustrating limitation: many devices were stuck playing content at 720p. No, really.
College students can get an ad-supported Hulu subscription for $2/month
Hulu has announced a new offer for college students that will let them subscribe to an ad-supported plan for just $1.99 per month.
With so many different streaming services, monthly costs can get high pretty fast if you subscribe to multiple. If you’re a college student, however, Hulu has an offer that will help keep your monthly costs way down.
[Update: Available now] Hulu for Android is getting offline downloads
Hulu has been in the game longer than the new streaming services and it's finally bringing offline downloads to the Android app.
There is already a thriving TV and movie streaming market right now with companies improving technologies and creating more content to keep up with the competition. Popular choices include Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and the plethora of studio services already on the market. More studio services are being launched this year and even more will launch next year. Hulu has been working to stay ahead of the curve as they have been in the game longer than the newcomers and it's finally bringing offline downloads to the table.
Hulu updates its Android TV app with a new UI and Live TV
It has been a long time since Hulu updated its Android TV application, but they are finally rolling out a new UI and support for Live TV.
When you ask people to list some popular streaming TV and movie services we almost always see Hulu in the mix. At the start of 2019, the company boasted about surpassing the 25 million subscriber milestone. That number still trails Netflix's numbers by a lot, but any streaming service with 25 million paying subscribers is nothing to scoff at. It has been a long time since its Android TV application received an update, but those who use the service on an Android TV box should look forward to a new update headed your way.
As more and more consumers continue to cut the cord and move to digital subscription services, we often find that our favorite television shows are spread out across multiple different providers. If you are watching their content on your mobile device, then you may find it annoying to switch from application to application to application to keep up with all your shows.