Hulu is very attractive customer and partner of ours as are other emerging players." Fox also earlier this week announced its new FX+ premium service, launching Sept. 5 for $5.99 monthly, giving Comcast XFinity subscribers access to commercial-free episodes of current series, as well as a catalog of 1,000 episodes of older shows. That service is the example of a "more highly-refined bundle" that can be offered directly to consumers, said Lachlan Murdoch, executive chairman of 21st Century Fox.