Posted June 14, 2013, 11:15 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
DirecTV is expected to acquire Hulu by the end of the month as part of an acquisition deal that could be worth more than a billion dollars. Multiple sources have told PandoDaily that a deal is imminent and the satellite…
Posted May 20, 2013, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
There’s no shortage of potential suitors when discussing an acquisition of online video streaming destination Hulu. Earlier this month it was rumored that Yahoo was looking to pick up the asset following their failed Dailymotion bid but that was before…
Posted September 5, 2011, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web
Hulu has been considering the sale of its video streaming business after a potential buyer approached it with an unsolicited offer back in June. Since then, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and a few others have been mentioned as possible suitors, but…
Posted August 22, 2011, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
Initial bids for a Hulu acquisition are due in by Wednesday and the offers are expected to vary wildly. According to the Wall Street Journal, they could range from $500 million up to $2 billion for the streaming service, with…
Posted April 28, 2011, 8:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Industry News
DirecTV recently asked a subset of its customers to fill out a web survey that was pretty much all about Netflix. The company was interested in Netflix usage patterns, and also proposed the same two options Netflix has for movies:…
As expected, DirecTV has announced Home Premiere, a new rental services for its 6 million HD DVR customers. Home Premiere offers movies for rent about 60 days after their theatrical release at a price of $30. The premium VOD window…
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