September 1, 2011; 12 years ago (September 1, 2011)
Current status
Active
Hulu, known outside Japan as Hulu Japan, is a Japanese subscription streaming service owned and operated by Nippon TV. Launched in September 2011, it is the Japanese counterpart to the American service with the same name.[2] The service would be acquired by Nippon TV in 2014, and has since branched off from its US counterpart.
Hulu Japan offers a library of television series from Nippon TV and other broadcasters (including NHK, TBS Television, Fuji Television, and TV Tokyo among others), as well as original programming.
As of October 5, 2021[update], Hulu Japan has a total of 2.8 million subscribers.[1] In March 2015, Hulu subscription's numbers had risen to 1 million memberships in all time record for the service.[3] This service was the sixth highest-grossing subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service in Japan as of 2022.[4]
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^"Ｕ—ＮＥＸＴ ２位浮上 動画配信 昨年シェア ネトフリ ４年連続首位" [U-NEXT rose to No.2 in video distribution market share last year Netflix topped the list for 4 consecutive years]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). March 27, 2023. p. 7.
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2.8 million (as of 5 October 2021[update])[1]