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Hulu + Live TV pushed past the 4 million subscriber mark during the third quarter and in doing so became one of the largest MVPDs in the U.S.
Disney said the service added 700,000 subscribers to reach 4.1 million total subscribers. That is the most of any virtual MVPDs – YouTube TV is the next closest with 3 million subscribers. It also puts Hulu ahead of some traditional MVPDs like Verizon, which ended the third quarter with 3.93 million pay TV subscribers.
Hulu also has more subscribers than cable operators Altice USA (3.06 million) and Cox, which had 3.77 million pay TV subscribers at the end of the second quarter, according to an estimate from Leichtman Research Group. The service is now the fifth largest U.S. MVPD behind Comcast, AT&T, Charter and Dish Network.
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Disney’s direct-to-consumer and international business was once again toplined by rapid growth for Disney+, which launched one year ago.
The service now counts 73.7 million paid subscribers, up from 60.5 million in August. Disney+ is now nearly halfway between the subscriber forecast range the company originally set for 2024. The new Disney+ subscriber total is up to date as of October. Disney said it will update subscriber totals again during its upcoming investor day on December 10.
ESPN+ now has 10.3 million subscribers, up from 8.5 million in August, and Hulu has 36.6 million subscribers (32.5 million SVOD only and 4.1 million live TV and SVOD), up from 35.6 million in August.