‘Top-tier’ streaming service finally arriving in the UK after 18 years
The streamer is set to merge with Disney Plus.
18 years after it first launched, Hulu will soon be available to watch in the UK for the first time.
However, it won’t be a standalone app. Instead, Hulu is being integrated into Disney Plus, after Disney acquired full ownership of the service in June.
The Hulu brand will replace Star on Disney Plus in the UK, which is currently home to Only Murders in the Building, Grey’s Anatomy, The Kardashians and more.
Disney plans to roll Hulu and Disney Plus into one entertainment service, and the change could come as early as this autumn.
The news comes just weeks after Disney Plus began a content-sharing partnership with ITV, which sees the services in the UK running select batches of each other’s content.
But what does this change mean for Disney Plus subscribers?
The content available to watch on the streaming service is unlikely to change a huge deal, because Star hosts content that already comes from Disney-owned studios such as FX Networks, 20th Century Entertainment and Hulu.
The Bear is available via Star on Disney Plus, which will soon be replaced by Hulu (Picture: AP) Recent Disney Plus release Washington Black is also available on Hulu (Picture: AP)In fact, Disney Plus subscribers in the UK already have access to a range of popular content that is available on Hulu in the US, including The Bear, Washington Black, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and Rivals.
Meanwhile, other popular Hulu shows are available to stream elsewhere in the UK, such as The Handmaid’s Tale, which can be watched via Channel 4.
But the change could mean that UK viewers will get access to episodes of popular shows at the same time as those in the US, rather than having to wait months for the latest episodes to arrive on the streamer.
