Hulu jumps past 20 million subscribers, teases offline viewing feature

Hulu announced a huge milestone Wednesday morning in New York City. During its upfront event, the video streaming service shared that it has more than 20 million U.S. subscribers. While that figure might not be nearly as high as what Netflix and HBO have, it’s still very impressive for Hulu.

When the service last said anything relating to subscribers, Hulu came in at 17 million. So it’s been able to add 3 million subscribers in the last four months.

The news was followed by several projects from well-known and emerging names in the entertainment industry debuting for the first time. Hulu, like its competitors that are online and on television, hosts an upfront event to give an idea of what content is in the pipeline to excite subscribers long-term.

Projects in development are coming from J.J. Abrams, Stephen King, George Clooney, Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Mindy Kaling, and more. Hulu’s ordered a bunch of series ranging from dramas to comedies to documentaries. There’s even a horror event series from Jason Blum that’ll have standalone episodes based on holidays, so that sounds pretty unique.

Along with sharing what’ll stream in the future, Hulu renewed existing series like the award-winning The Handmaid’s Tale and picked up streaming rights to ABC’s The Good Doctor.

Hulu also struck a multi-year deal with DreamWorks Animation, making it the exclusive place to stream future films from the production company. The service also adds DreamWorks’ library of existing films and original programming for children and families.

The licensing deal between Hulu and DreamWorks kicks off in 2019.

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