Hulu adds Viacom series, movies

US streamer Hulu has added hundreds of episodes of Viacom series, including MTV’s Daria, and dozens of films to its service.

Daria

Hulu has acquired exclusive streaming rights to all five seasons of animated cult classic Daria as well as Comedy Central’s Nathan for You, MTV’s My Super Sweet 16 and BET’s The New Edition Story.

Hulu is also now the exclusive SVoD home to 11 Nickelodeon series: Big Time Rush; School of Rock; Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn; Hunter Street; Make it Pop; Every Witch Way; and WITS Academy.

Nick series Alvinnnn!!! and the Chipmunks, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and Penguins of Madagascar will also be available on Hulu.

Viacom has announced it will launch its own OTT service by the end of the year while the future direction of Hulu is uncertain.

Comcast recently revealed it is considering offloading a 30% stake in Hulu to gain regulatory approval for its US$65bn bid to buy a number of 21st Century Fox assets.