Tag: Comcast Corp
Hulu sale at risk even as new bids are due (Reuters)
October 12th, 2011, No Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The auction of online video site Hulu has been slowed by recent developments which could derail it completely, according to sources familiar with the process. Among the issues are conflicts over complicated digital rights, a wide bid-ask gap, and Yahoo being sidelined as a potential buyer by its own issues. Moreover, [...]
Hulu sale at risk even as new bids are due (Reuters)
September 19th, 2011, No Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The auction of online video site Hulu has been slowed by recent developments which could derail it completely, according to sources familiar with the process. Among the issues are conflicts over complicated digital rights, a wide bid-ask gap, and Yahoo being sidelined as a potential buyer by its own issues. Moreover, [...]
Hulu seen drawing bids from Yahoo, others: sources (Reuters)
August 25th, 2011, No Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The deadline for submissions in the first auction for Hulu extended Wednesday until the end of the week to give interested parties more time to investigate reports of online video financial site, according to people familiar with the situation. Yahoo, Google Inc., DirecTV and Amazon.com were among those preparing to submit [...]
U.S. Internet providers to act against online pirates (Reuters)
July 11th, 2011, No Comments
Verizon Wireless signs seen in his shop in Westminster LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Consumers who illegally download copyrighted films, music or TV shows could see their speed Internet access limited or slowed in the anti-piracy effort, announced on Thursday. U.S. ISPs, including Verizon Communications Inc., Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp. and [...]
Internet providers to act against online pirates (Reuters)
July 8th, 2011, No Comments
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Consumers who illegally download copyrighted films, music or television shows might see their Internet speed slowed or access restricted under an industry anti-piracy effort announced on Thursday. U.S. Internet service providers, including Verizon Communications Inc, Comcast Corp, Time Warner Cable Inc, Cablevision Systems Corp and AT&T Inc agreed to alert customers, [...]
Entertainment, broadband firms adopt piracy warning system (Reuters)
July 8th, 2011, No Comments
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) – A broad coalition of entertainment industry companies, guilds, Internet services and telecommunications providers said Thursday they have joined to launch a new warning system to tell consumers when they have downloaded copyrighted material illegally. Under the new measures, illegal downloaders could find their ability to surf the web restricted for a [...]
AP Source: Google among firms looking to buy Hulu (AP)
July 2nd, 2011, No Comments
Los Angeles – Internet search giant Google Inc. is one of a dozen companies involved in talks to possibly buy the online video site Hulu, a person familiar with the matter on Friday. As the owner of YouTube, it would be a strategic purchase for the company of Silicon Valley technology, which has had a [...]
Analysis: FCC’s slow pace on Internet rules puzzles some (Reuters)
June 10th, 2011, No Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The communications regulator has been oddly slow in unleashing new powers to police the Internet, six months after finalizing the controversial rules. The delay has kept the rules in a glass box, both preventing the Federal Communications Commission from cracking down on unwarranted blocking of Internet content and keeping legal challenges at [...]
FCC chief: antitrust law can’t adequately defend Internet (Reuters)
May 6th, 2011, No Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Antitrust law was inadequate to preserve the openness of the Internet and to allow innovation to flourish, the top U.S. communications regulator said on Thursday, defending Internet road rules adopted last year. "Antitrust enforcement is expensive to pursue, takes a long time and kicks in only after damage is done," Federal Communications [...]
Hulu on pace to have more than 1 million subscribers (Reuters)
April 6th, 2011, No Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Internet video company Hulu is on track to nearly double its revenue to $500 million and bring its subscriber count to more than 1 million this year, its top executive wrote in a blog post on Monday. Hulu Chief Executive Officer Jason Kilar also said the content community would [...]
