According to the All Things Digital article here, Hulu.com now has 8 million subscribers. Those 8 million subscribers are paying $8 a month for their premium service. So the math yields $32 million a month in revenue, not bad. They point out that Netflix has 30 million subscribers at the same monthly cost.
What is their premium service and what do you get?
Well, it is not what you get but what you don’t get. You do not get ads. Netflix does the same however you cannot get Netflix without paying. Hulu you can get without paying. Netflix had a built in customer base when they started the online service and worked to convert their current customers. Hulu uses the free service with advertisements as a customer acquisition tool. Compare that to TV and you have to be impressed, until cable no one was able to charge for television.
The History of Hulu.com Domain
Lucy Hulu had the domain first although I do not know if she was involved with Hulu at all. I also do not know if her domain simply expired of if she made money from the sale of it. You can see the original Hulu site along with two variations throughout it’s lifecycle here about The Hulu.com History. The history is really only interesting to those of you that like to watch the history of domain names themselves. To read about the history of Hulu the company read it here on Wikipedia.
My personal favorite feature is what they call their after school programming. They have a program that schools can use to create a club at their school or use in class. What a great way to easily get started and peak kids interest in programming and engineering.
If Mozilla makes the default option in their browser to block third-party cookies then most, assuming few people check their settings in the browser, then it may effect the revenue of small businesses. Why is this? Small businesses typically rely on advertising for their revenue and do not have the resources to sell advertising directly to advertisers. The thought is that larger businesses will be at an advantage as smaller sites will not be able to generate as much revenue if advertising networks cannot target and increase response rates without the third party cookies. I suggest you follow the link above to learn more for yourself and consider 
The App Annie blog has an App index and statistics. Two major stats stand out. Google Play downloads are 90% of the amount of downloads that the iOS App Store has in the first three months of 2013. That is much closer than I would have guessed. Revenue is a different story as the iOS App Store generated 2.6x the app revenue of Google Play. I don’t want to steal their thunder so read the rest of the story here in the App Annie Q1 2013 report is 
Like many entrepreneurs I have a varied background, a Computer Science Degree as well as a Law Degree (programmed and practiced Intellectual Property law). I have well over 10 years of online business experience, have started companies, run companies, and raised venture capital on both coasts. Find me on 