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Hulu Closing In On 1 Million Paying Customers

Hulu Plus now has 875,000 paying subscribers according to CEO Jason Kilar. It pales in comparison to Netflix's 23 million subscribers, but considering Hulu is primarily a free ad-supported video site it's not too bad.

In a blog post revealing the data Kilar says,"we proudly and profitably pay the content community approximately $8 per subscriber per month for the content offering you see today on Hulu Plus. A portion of the $8 payment to the content community comes from our $7.99 subscription fee; the balance comes from the revenue we generate through advertising."

This is good news for Hulu, but it comes at an uncertain time for the site.  Disney CEO Bob Iger said today Hulu's owners are committed to selling the site, and it was just reported that Kilar is not under contract. Read ยป


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