Hulu also Licenses Hit Scripted Series Vikings and Additional MGM Library Titles
Los Angeles, CA – Hulu has been granted the exclusive streaming rights to this year’s Golden Globe® nominated and Emmy®-Award winning Miniseries Fargo. All episodes of the first installment of the hit show will be available to stream on Hulu in 2015.
and MGM have expanded their streaming video on demand (SVOD) relationship, the two companies announced today.
Fargo has not only garnered a growing audience but has also received critical acclaim nominations for five Golden Globes® including Best Miniseries, Best Actor in a Miniseries for Billy Bob Thornton and Martin Freeman, Best Actress in a Miniseries for newcomer Allison Tolman, and Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries for Colin Hanks. Fargo also won three Emmys® including Outstanding Miniseries and was the year’s most Emmy® nominated miniseries. Produced by MGM Television and FX Productions for the FX Network in the US.
“This expanded agreement allows us to become the streaming home to one of this year’s biggest and most critically acclaimed series, Fargo. After announcing our landmark output deal with FX Productions yesterday, this expanded partnership with MGM brings even more hit titles to Hulu,” said Craig Erwich, Senior Vice President and Head of Content, Hulu.
Hulu also licensed from MGM all episodes of History’s® hit scripted series,Vikings. The expanded SVOD deal also includes multi-year, non-exclusive licensing rights to over 1,500 episodes of classic MGM series including sci-fi titles such as the Stargate series (Stargate Universe, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate: SG-1) and nostalgic series such as Flipper,Green Acres and Addams Family. It also includes cult favorites Thirtysomething, Dead Like me and Outer Limits, as well as family series and kid
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