Taking a page from Netflix, Hulu promotes original shows for 2014
By Brian Stelter, CNN
There are two faces to Hulu, the online video hub owned by the parent companies of ABC, Fox and NBC.
Hulu is a destination for next-day repeats of TV shows that have already aired on those and other networks. But for a variety of business reasons, it's becoming harder for Hulu to hold onto those shows.
So Hulu is increasingly also a home for TV shows that it can call its own - ones that haven't been on other networks before. That's the face it wants to show the world.
On Wednesday, Hulu announced a lineup of programming for the New Year that it says is its most extensive to date.
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