Comcast

Boxee Wants a Big Round or a Buyer

Peter Kafka in Media on June 13 at 5:41 am PT

The Web TV startup has been looking for $30 million, or an exit, for months.

Time Warner Cable Says It’s Blocking Some Programmers from the Web — But It’s Still Not Holding Up Web TV

Peter Kafka in Media on June 12 at 3:40 pm PT

The country’s second-biggest cable TV operator is blocking some TV networks from selling to “over the top” Web video guys like Intel. But it can’t stop the biggest networks.

Here’s Comcast’s Version of Apple TV

Peter Kafka in Media on June 12 at 5:34 am PT

We’re still waiting for Tim Cook to show us the “real” Apple TV. In the meantime, everyone from Microsoft to Roku is doing their own version. Here’s the entry from America’s biggest pay-TV company.

AT&T Discusses Entering Into a Joint Bid for Hulu With Chernin Group

Kara Swisher in Media on June 5 at 10:10 pm PT

The telecom giant might be bellying up to the premium video service bar.

Cord-Cutting Is Real, and the Cable Guys Are Still in Great Shape — For Now

Peter Kafka in Media on June 4 at 10:46 am PT

The pay-TV business might be teetering, or at least getting close to the edge. But the broadband business — which the pay-TV guys own, too — is in great shape. For now.

Yahoo’s Bid for Hulu in $600M to $800M Range — Even as It Preps Other Big Deals in Mobile and Communications

Kara Swisher in Media on May 26 at 11:55 am PT

Get ready for a very noisy game of musical chairs over the premium video site. Meanwhile, Mayer is still shopping for deals.

Yet Another Hulu Bidder! Yahoo Is In, Too.

Peter Kafka in Media on May 24 at 11:39 am PT

Add one more name to the Hulu bidding derby: Yahoo, which just announced plans to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion, has made an offer on the video website.

GE Ventures Officially Opens for Business in Silicon Valley (Video)

Kara Swisher in Enterprise on May 20 at 12:08 pm PT

Apparently, they also bring good Internet of things to light.

Voices

DirecTV Consider Bid for Hulu

Shalini Ramachandran, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 17 at 4:40 pm PT

DirecTV is weighing a potential bid for Hulu, the latest company to show interest in the six-year-old video site, according to a person familiar with the matter.

News Byte

Amazon Picks Up More NBCUniversal Shows

Peter Kafka in Media on May 16 at 6:32 am PT

Amazon is boosting its Web video catalog via a deal for reruns of several shows from NBC and other channels owned by Comcast. Amazon’s “Prime Instant Video” customers will get exclusive access to shows including “Grimm,” “Suits” and “Hannibal”; as with almost all deals Amazon and competitor Netflix sign for TV reruns, the Web retailer won’t get its hands on them until months after they air.