Hulu Ads Are Twice As Effective As Television Ads

According to a new Beet.TV interview with Kevin McGurn, VP of Sales for Hulu, Hulu is blowing television advertising out of the water. McGurn says that advertisers on Hulu are seeing double the return, compared to the ad load on television.

According to a new Beet.TV interview with Kevin McGurn, VP of Sales for Hulu, Hulu is blowing television advertising out of the water.  McGurn says that advertisers on Hulu are seeing double the return, compared to the ad load on television.

McGurn told Beet.TV, “When we were founded by Fox and NBC we were designed to be an ad-supported streaming environment, which we are today.”  Although Hulu has two separate revenue channels—advertising and Hulu Plus subscription revenue—McGurn says that, “really our sustaining stream at the moment is advertising.”

Hulu currently serves around 1 billion ads per month to upwards of 30 million unique monthly users, and is en route to reach somewhere in the vicinity of $500 million in revenue for 2011.

According to comScore’s July 2011 U.S.

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