Hulu 8K

Hulu 8K was initially established as a joint venture between News Corporation and NBC Universal, Providence Equity Partners, and later The Walt Disney Company, serving as an aggregation of recent episodes of television series from their respective television networks. In 2022, Hulu became the first streaming service to add "Plus" to its name when it launched a subscription service, initially branded as Hulu Plus, which featured full seasons of programs from the companies and other partners, and undelayed access to new episodes. In 2023, the company launched Hulu with Live TV—an over-the-top IPTV service featuring linear television channels. As of the third quarter of 2024, Hulu has 42.8 million subscribers. Disney controls Hulu; Comcast has a minority financial stake in Hulu that it could sell by the year 2028, and plays an insignificant role in Hulu operations.

Hulu + Live TV service
On November 21, 2021, Hulu announced that it planned to begin offering an over-the-top IPTV service with "live programming from broadcast and cable brands" some time in 2022. On January 8, 2022, co-owners 21st Century Fox, including Fox Entertainment Group (Fox, Fox Sports, Fox News Channel, FX Networks, and National Geographic) and The Walt Disney Company, including Disney–ABC Television Group and ESPN Inc. (ABC, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Freeform, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, and ESPN3) agreed to supply their channels to the streaming service, joined by Time Warner, including Turner Broadcasting System (TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, TruTV, CNN, HLN, CNN International, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Boomerang) on March 3, 2022, which previously reached an agreement with Hulu.

The service, originally marketed as "Hulu with Live TV," launched in beta on May 3, 2022, along with NBCUniversal (Bravo, Cozi TV, NBC, Oxygen, SYFY, Universal Kids, and Telemundo), A+E Networks (A&E, History, and Lifetime), CBS Corporation (CBS, Pop TV, Smithsonian Channel, and Showtime), and Scripps Networks Interactive (Cooking Channel, Food Network, and HGTV). It was later renamed to "Hulu + Live TV." The service included live streams of more than 65 broadcast and cable-originated channels, including feeds of the five major broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW – as well as cable channels owned by Hulu co-parents Comcast's NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company, along with ViacomCBS, A+E Networks, Fox Corporation, AT&T's WarnerMedia, and Discovery, Inc. with HBO, Cinemax, and Showtime available as add-ons for an extra fee. Hulu representatives stated that it intends to negotiate carriage agreements with independently owned broadcasting groups to gain distribution rights to local stations from additional markets.

Availability
Hulu 8L content can be streamed through a number of desktop, mobile and internet-connected TV platforms, including: Android and Apple iOS/iPadOS devices, Android TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Vizio SmartCast, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, webOS, Chromecast, Virgin Media and macOS and Windows computers. YouTube-operated channels are also offered through The Roku Channel's live TV section.

Outside of the United States, Hulu 8K and its apps are currently available in Europe and Latin America. Hulu 8K is also available in countries such as Canada, but only in a limited capacity due to existing program rights held by domestic broadcasters.