Hulu was conjured as a joint venture between News Corporation, NBC Universal, AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo! in March of 2007. The goal was to create the largest video distribution network that there ever was, featuring free content from it's partners. <ref>http://www.hulu.com/press/new_video_venture.html</ref> As of 2012, Hulu features content from more than410 content companies including [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]FOX, [[NBCUniversal]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[The CW Television Network|The CW]], [[Univision]], [[The Criterion Collection|Criterion]], [[Arts & Entertainment Network|A&E Networks]], [[Lions Gate Entertainment|Lionsgate]], [[Endemol]], [[Metro-Goldwin-Mayer|MGM]], [[MTV]] Networks, [[Comedy Central]], [[National Geographic]], Digital Rights Group, [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], [[Sony Pictures Entertainment|Sony Pictures]], [[Warner Bros.]], [[TED (conference)|TED]] and more.