To everyone who entered a bid to try and buy Hulu: Apparently, you didn’t offer enough. According to a statement released yesterday by Hulu joint owners the Walt Disney Corporation, News Corporation and Providence Equity Partners (as well as senior Hulu management), the owners have “terminated the sale process” for the company, due to …
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Xbox Signs Up 50 Streaming Partners, Can Even Replace Your Cable Box
Move over, Netflix; you’ve been replaced as the king of streaming television with Microsoft’s announcement of new partnerships for Xbox 360 with 50 international content providers, including HBO—the one “get” that Netflix has never quite managed.
The company’s announcement yesterday means that Xbox LIVE will soon be streaming live …
Hulu vs. Netflix: Who Will Get ‘Arrested’?
The announcement of a new season of Arrested Development is good news for fans of the show—those who know that Jason Bateman deserves better than co-starring in an all-male version of Freaky Friday. It’s also potentially good news for Hulu and Netflix. Or, I should say, Hulu or Netflix, as the two companies may be about to find …
Hulu Reaches 1,000,000 Paid Subscribers Early
We might have a better idea about where those missing million Netflix subscribers have gone to: Hulu CEO Jason Kilar has announced that the News Corp/Walt Disney Co/Comcast co-owned streaming video company has reached one million paid subscribers far earlier than expected.
Previously, the company had given the end of the year as the …
Who Needs Hulu? NBC Adds Free TV Shows to Its iPad App
NBC’s iPad app just got a lot more useful with full episodes of popular shows like Community and Parks and Recreation. Both the app and the TV episodes are now free.
The selection of full episodes in NBC’s app isn’t too shabby. For primetime, scripted TV shows, the five most recent episodes are available. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon …
Exactly What Is Google Planning for Hulu?
What Hulu, exactly, is Google trying to buy? A report on All Things D suggests that, while Hulu bosses mull over offers from Amazon, Yahoo and Dish Network, Google’s rumored “big ass ideas” for Hulu might actually go far beyond what the owners were actually trying to sell in the first place.
As recently as last Thursday, Google was …
Newer Girl: Fox Puts Show Online for Free Two Weeks Before Its TV Debut
Zooey Deschanel fans, today is your lucky day: Fox has released the first episode of the actress’ new sitcom, New Girl, online for free, a full two weeks before the show debuts on television.
The episode, which debuts on September 20th, has been released on iTunes this morning, where it will remain for free until the day of its …
Dish Network Plans Netflix-Like Blockbuster Streaming Service (with Starz)
Netflix seems to be having an official Worst Month Ever, what with price increases leading to customer uproar and Starz refusing to resign an all-important content sharing contract, and so the news that Dish Network is gearing up to launch a Blockbuster streaming-video service almost adds insult to injury.
According to sources, the …
Who’s Offering Money to Buy Hulu?
After months of speculation, it’s time for the sale of streaming video site Hulu to turn into a bidding war. Six companies have submitted informal bids for the site this week, according to those in the know, including three big names eager to own what could be turned into a Netflix streaming video killer.
Shocker: Piracy Rises After Fox Delays Hulu Shows
When Fox announced that it would withhold its TV shows from Hulu and its own website until eight days after their original air date, a lot of people assumed that piracy would increase as a result. Now, TorrentFreak claims to have proof.
The site tracked BitTorrent downloads for two Fox shows — Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen and …
DirecTV Looking to Buy Hulu?
Hulu has one more suitor in its upcoming selloff… but this one is already playing hard-to-get.
On an earnings call yesterday, DirecTV CEO Mike White admitted that the satellite TV company was joining Apple, Google and many other potential buyers in looking through Hulu’s financial details to see whether a sale would make sense, but …
Hulu to Start Offering Ad-Free Subscription Service?
According to Hulu’s official customer support Twitter account, the online VoD company is considering augmenting its current ad-supported free and subscription models with “a higher priced ad-free option.”
As reported by GigaOM, @hulu_support repeatedly tweeted that the company was “currently an ad supported service but are looking …