Random Surprising Facts About Hulu You Probably Didn't Know (22 items)

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  (#3) Americans Watch an Average 1.4 Billion Ads a Month, Hulu Plus Shows Less

  Hulu Plus users watch 10 to 15 commercials during an hour-long show. Broadcast networks average near 15 minutes an hour. Some networks are speeding up content and offering more 15 second slots to squeeze in more ads.  
   
  This ad cramming irritates viewers and helps push them toward cord cutting. After the deluge of ads within an episode, they jump to streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu. So sure, those Hulu ads may be obnoxious, but it could be worse. 
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  (#13) Network Viewership Dropped by 12.5% After Hulu’s Launch in 2008

  There’s been a mass exodus away from cable toward streaming, with 3.6 million leading the charge after the launch of Netflix and Hulu.
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  (#5) Hulu Was Originally Dubbed Clown Co.

  The joint project by NBC Universal and News Corp was operating under that name until it changed to Hulu in 2007. With growing revenue and subscribers exploding annually, Hulu might just have the last laugh.
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  (#14) Hulu Could Be Worth $8 Billion in 2017

  The projection was made by J.P. Morgan’s Alexia Quadrani and is based on Hulu’s service owners Comcast, Fox, and Disney. Particularly, it’s Fox’s hidden assets that could boost revenue.   

  As of 2015, Hulu was generating $72 million a month, with $860 million a year in licensing revenue.
  
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  (#17) Jason Kilar Modeled Himself on Walt Disney

  With Hulu's launch, Kilar was thrown into the spotlight and he quickly became a media darling. ”I tried to do everything I could to study Walt Disney," Kilar said. "I would read every book I could on the company, and then I found out more about him as a person, as an entrepreneur, and it was just fascinating to me that this guy was able to live a great life with his family but also do these amazing things at work."
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  (#12) Hulu’s Subscriptions Are Twice as Valuable as Netflix’s

  Hulu’s wildfire growth (50% increase in subscribers in 2013) and consumption rates make it a subscription monster, dominating even the mighty Netflix in this regard. In the first quarter of 2015, streams increased to 77% with an 83% increase in watched hours.  
   
  In 2014, Hulu generated 49% of its revenues from ad sales. Potentially Hulu could generate up to $3 billion a year, while some have projected even more. Netflix needed six times as many subscribers to generate those amounts in 2014.

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