Disney announces plans to phase out standalone Hulu app

The Hulu app isn’t long for this world, according to Disney. While the standalone app is being phased out, however, the brand that Disney now owns in full is set for international expansion.

Hulu started in 2007 as a joint venture between FOX and NBC before attracting more stakeholders including Disney (which owns ABC). As of this year, however, Hulu is entirely owned by Disney.

As part of its quarterly earnings results announcement today, Disney shared plans to phase out the…