{"id":6236,"date":"2016-06-15T10:48:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T14:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/roots-set-to-steam-on-hulu\/"},"modified":"2016-06-15T11:36:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T15:36:53","slug":"roots-war-and-peace-set-to-steam-on-hulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/roots-war-and-peace-set-to-steam-on-hulu\/","title":{"rendered":"Roots, War and Peace Set to Stream on Hulu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA MONICA: Hulu has acquired the exclusive subscription streaming rights for the event series <em>Roots<\/em>\u00a0from A+E Networks, which also licensed the U.S. SVOD rights for <em>War and Peace<\/em> and <em>Barbarians Rising<\/em> to the service.<\/p>\n<p><em>Roots<\/em> debuted on linear TV as a four-night event, which was watched by 14.4 million total viewers over the course of the premiere week. All episodes of the eight-hour event series, developed for HISTORY by A+E Studios, will become available to stream exclusively to Hulu subscribers this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, <em>Barbarians Rising<\/em>, which premiered on HISTORY on June 6, will become available to stream exclusively on Hulu beginning in 2017 through the new deal with A+E Networks. The agreement between the two companies also includes the exclusive SVOD acquisition of Lifetime\u2019s <em>War and Peace<\/em>, which will become available to stream on Hulu this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so proud to welcome such a culturally important and highly-rated series as\u00a0<em>Roots<\/em> to Hulu,\u201d said Craig Erwich, the senior VP and head of content at Hulu. \u201cWith acclaimed titles like <em>War and Peace<\/em> and <em>Barbarians Rising<\/em>, our expanded deal with A+E Networks furthers our strategy of offering the very best in premium, exclusive television to Hulu subscribers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA+E Networks is thrilled to partner with Hulu to offer their subscribers such a strong slate of programming,\u201d said Sean Cohan, the president of international and digital media at A+E Networks. \u201cHulu continues to thrive and innovate in the SVOD marketplace and is the perfect platform to showcase A+E\u2019s premium video content.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA MONICA: Hulu has acquired the exclusive subscription streaming rights for the event series Roots from A+E Networks, which also licensed the U.S. SVOD rights for War and Peace and Barbarians Rising to the service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":6237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[264,890,79,460,111],"class_list":["post-6236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ae-networks","tag-barbarians-rising","tag-hulu","tag-roots","tag-war-and-peace","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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