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03-09-2016, 05:42 AM
Former Hulu CEO's premium video service Vessel is going ad-free
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Vessel, the subscription video service from the co-founders and former heads of Hulu, is going ad-free.
The San Francisco-based company an**unced in a blog post Monday (https://www.vessel.com/blog?utm_source=transaction-email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oneyear_promo_general_160307) that it is offering an ad-free version for all paying subscribers, including those who already pay $2.99 per month and those who opt for for the new $19.99 annual subscription (https://www.vessel.com/oneyear).
SEE ALSO: Hulu's former CEO thinks his new venture can foster the next ESPN (http://mashable.com/2015/01/21/vessel-jason-kilar/)
The news comes months after Hulu (http://mashable.com/2015/09/02/hulu-commercials/) launched a similar plan for its paying subscribers (for a fee of $12 per month) and YouTube rolled out its ad-free subscription service Red (http://mashable.com/2015/10/21/youtube-subscription-service/).
Vessel CEO Jason Kilar — also former Hulu CEO — said the company decided to flip the switch on ads because subscribers asked for it. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/08/vessel-ad-free-jason-kilar/)
More about Ad Free (http://mashable.com/category/ad-free/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Youtube Red (http://mashable.com/category/youtube-red/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Hulu (http://mashable.com/category/hulu/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Jason Kilar (http://mashable.com/category/jason-kilar/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Vessel (http://mashable.com/category/vessel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/z7wDD2E6DDk
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Vessel, the subscription video service from the co-founders and former heads of Hulu, is going ad-free.
The San Francisco-based company an**unced in a blog post Monday (https://www.vessel.com/blog?utm_source=transaction-email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oneyear_promo_general_160307) that it is offering an ad-free version for all paying subscribers, including those who already pay $2.99 per month and those who opt for for the new $19.99 annual subscription (https://www.vessel.com/oneyear).
SEE ALSO: Hulu's former CEO thinks his new venture can foster the next ESPN (http://mashable.com/2015/01/21/vessel-jason-kilar/)
The news comes months after Hulu (http://mashable.com/2015/09/02/hulu-commercials/) launched a similar plan for its paying subscribers (for a fee of $12 per month) and YouTube rolled out its ad-free subscription service Red (http://mashable.com/2015/10/21/youtube-subscription-service/).
Vessel CEO Jason Kilar — also former Hulu CEO — said the company decided to flip the switch on ads because subscribers asked for it. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/08/vessel-ad-free-jason-kilar/)
More about Ad Free (http://mashable.com/category/ad-free/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Youtube Red (http://mashable.com/category/youtube-red/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Hulu (http://mashable.com/category/hulu/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Jason Kilar (http://mashable.com/category/jason-kilar/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Vessel (http://mashable.com/category/vessel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/z7wDD2E6DDk