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Yahoo Inc has submitted a formal proposal to buy Hulu, joining a growing list of bidders for the video service owned by News Corp and Walt Disney Co, two sources with knowledge of the bid told Reuters on Friday.Yahoo just this week announced a $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr. It now joins rival bidders for Hulu including Time Warner Cable Inc, DirecTV, former News Corp president Peter Chernin and Guggenheim Digital Media, sources have said.Yahoo did not immediately respond to requests for comment.(Reporting by Ron Grover; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)...
DirecTV, the second largest U.S. pay-TV provider, is weighing a potential bid for Hulu, the latest company to show interest in the six-year-old online video site, ac...
Marissa Mayer is burning up the phone lines.After striking out on a $225 million deal to take control of Dailymotion last month and holding preliminary talks about a...
Target Corp. (TGT) has begun testing a video streaming service that has Netflix-like attributes.The retailer has first rolled the service out to employees, who can a...
Comcast Corp.'s (NASDAQ:CMCSA) USA Network will launch next month a revamped version of its own social media technology, resisting an industry trend toward expanded ...
At least two pay TV operators, including cable giant Time Warner Cable Inc., are weighing an investment in Hulu as the online video site considers a range of strateg...
Electronic Arts (NYSE:EA) opened a new Los Angeles studio to help attract talent from rival game developers, just weeks after it announced a 10% cut in its workforce...
Growing demand for Internet bandwidth will push more telecommunications companies to offer ultra high-speed fiber-optic service to subscribers' doorsteps, AT&T Inc. ...
Twivo creator Jennie Lamere on how her new app helps people avoid Twitter spoilers for television shows and sporting events.
ESPN plans to post sports video highlights on Twitter in near real-time, as the sports network and micro-blogging service expand their partnership to create new oppo...
ESPN and Twitter Inc. are announcing a major expansion of their collaboration to post sports-related videos on the short-messaging service--part of a growing wave of...
ESPN and Twitter Inc. are announcing a major expansion of their collaboration to post sports-related videos on the short-messaging service, part of a growing wave of...
As the death toll reaches 1,127 in the Bangladesh building collapse, officials are beginning to take efforts such as adopting unions and raising wages to protect the...
Hulu reportedly attracted at least four bidders before a deadline passed Thursday, as a bidding war for the online video provider heats up.Satellite television opera...
ESPN, the sports channel that is Walt Disney Co's most profitable unit, is cutting 300 to 400 jobs across the company and closing a small Denver office, a person wit...
ESPN was laying off a few hundred workers on Tuesday, a sign that the hugely profitable sports cable powerhouse is responding to rising sports rights fees as well as...
President Barack Obama will appoint executives from Walt Disney Co. (DIS) and Deloitte LLP, as well as election compliance officers and others, to a panel he created...
ESPN is tightening its belt.The Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) sports network confirmed Tuesday that it is laying off some of its employees, following cost-cutting measures ...
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DirecTV (NASDAQ:DTV) is eyeing a possible bid to acquire online video site Hulu, according to a Wall Street Journal report.The No. 2 U.S. pay-TV operator was among t...
