Tag: News 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 [...]
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 [...]
Hulu starts sales talks (Reuters)
July 2nd, 2011, No Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Online video site Hulu has begun preliminary sales conversations with a dozen potential buyers, including Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., according to a source familiar with the situation. Hulu financial advisor, Morgan Stanley and Guggenheim Partners, set up meetings with potential buyers and the company has been doing the [...]
Yahoo to Buy Startup to Boost Premium Ad Sales (PC World)
May 19th, 2011, No Comments
Seeking to beef up its sales of premium online ads, Yahoo has agreed to acquire 5to1, a startup founded in 2009 by former executives from News Corp.'s Fox Interactive. 5to1, based in Los Angeles, describes itself as an "online advertising alliance" made up of about 20 major publishers who offer brand advertisers premium ad space [...]
News Corp. buys videogame news sites from Hearst (AFP)
May 6th, 2011, No Comments
News Corp buys site for new video game Hearst NEW YORK (AFP) – Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. announced Thursday the acquisition of UGO Entertainment Hearst Corp., is expanding its range of new video games online. News Corp video game IGN Entertainment Media unit will operate as UGO.com UGO properties and 1UP.com, Hearst and News Corp. [...]
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 [...]
