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Expand the sub menu What To Watch. Expand the sub menu Music. Expand the sub menu Awards. Expand the sub menu Video. Expand the sub menu What to Hear. Expand the sub menu Digital. Expand the sub menu Theater. Expand the sub menu VIP. Disney has already made clear that Hulu will be a critical part of its streaming strategy. Disney executives talked about potentially bundling its services together for a discounted price.

They also said they want all of their services, including Hulu, to reach profitability within the next several years. Right now, Hulu has roughly 27 million paid subscribers on its service. It still lags far beyond chief competitor Netflix, which has nearly million subscribers globally , 60 million of whom are from the United States.

Hulu is only available in the United States. But Hulu is beefing up its original content offerings. Earlier this month, the streaming service showed off a slate of upcoming programs, including "The Dropout," a limited series about rise and fall of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes.

It's also working on two new live-action Marvel series, "Ghost Rider" and "Helstrom. Hulu is going to need more programming as it prepares to eventually part ways with NBC content. NBCUniversal can end most of its agreements with Hulu in three years.

One year from now, NBC will have the right to carry some of the content it licenses to Hulu on its own streaming service, in return for reducing the fees Hulu pays to host that content.

It's not a surprise that NBCUniversal would want to reserve some of its content for its own streaming service, which it said earlier this year would launch in