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Hulu BBC Deal: A Positive Step After Some Cloudy Times

Thanks to a deal with the BBC Worldwide North America, the video-streaming website “Hulu” will bring as many as 2,000 episodes from 144 different BBC titles to a wider American audience.

The deal, which will include shows such as Sherlock, Torchwood, MI-5, Luther, and Doctor Who, but further shows will be added in due course.

Most of the content are destined for subscribers of the $7.99-per-month Hulu Plus subscription service, but some BBC programming will be available on the free portion of the site, ad-supported service.

Hulu Plus service has more than four million subscribers.

“We’re kicking back into action,” Andy Forssell, Hulu’s acting chief executive, said in an interview at The Wall Street Journal. “This is us doing a bunch of stuff that we’ve really wanted to do and had been put on hold for a while.”

Mr. Forssell also said original programming will grow to 10% to 15% of Hulu’s viewing in the next few years from 5% now. “The Awesomes,” an animated show for adults, was the first of 20 new shows expected to launch this year on the service.

After entertaining bids from potential suitors that included DirecTV, Hulu’s owners — 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal, and Walt Disney — took the site off the market and announced a cash infusion of $750 million “in order to propel future growth.”

BBC Worldwide has similar arrangements with Netflix and Amazon.

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Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj
Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj is a publishing executive and economist who is the CEO and editor-in-chief of The CEOWORLD magazine, one of the world’s most influential and recognized global news publications. Additionally, he serves as the chair of the advisory board for the CEOWORLD magazine. He received his Ph.D. in Finance and Banking from the European Global School, Paris, France. He earned his Doctoral Degree in Chartered Accountancy from the European International University Paris, France, and a Doctorate in Business Administration from Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design (KNUTD), Ukraine. Dr. Amarendra also holds a Master of Business Administration degree in International Relations and Affairs from the American University of Athens, Alabama, United States.


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