Its official. The joint venture YouTube killer from News Corp and NBC Universal has a name and that name is Hulu.
What the Hulu?
“We just wanted a name that is short and easy to spell,” Hulu spokeswoman Christina Lee said. “We like the idea that it rhymes with itself. We wanted a fun name.”
Well, hello to you too, Hulu.
American Hulu shares its name with Swedish WiMax company Hulu and, as Reuters points out is also “Chinese for the gourd we know as the calabash.” Update: apparently it’s also Swahili ‘for cease’ and ‘desist.’ Karma?