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Hulu reveals strong growth for 2012

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 17 Dec 2012 9:47

Hulu reveals strong growth for 2012 Hulu has revealed their 2012 figures, showing strong growth year-over-year.
Revenue increased 65 percent to $695 million, while subscribers jumped 50 percent from April to December hitting 3 million. Since December of last year, the subscriber base grew by 100 percent.

On the content side, Hulu and Hulu Plus titles grew by 40 percent, with 60,000 TV episodes, 2,300 series and 50,000 hours of video now available.

Hulu is also now available on 320 million devices in the U.S. not including desktops and laptops.

For the year, the company spent $500 million on content and generated $1 billion for its content partners. The company served over 1000 different ad partners, up a healthy 28 percent.

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