Yet Another Hulu Bidder! Yahoo Is In, Too.

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.
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News Byte

Amazon Picks Up More NBCUniversal Shows

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.

At NBC’s Upfronts, Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno Sing (Well, Lip-Sync) Again

What really happens at a big network TV upfront? Stuff like this.
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Hulu’s Pitch to Advertisers: Four Million People Pay Us to See Your Ads!

Hulu’s ownership structure is up in the air. But it still needs to sell advertising and subscriptions; both seem to be going pretty well.
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Where’s Amazon Going With Music, Movies and TV Shows? Ask Media Boss Bill Carr.

“We’re committed to the idea of reinvention.” A rare Q&A with one of most important guys in the media business.
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Laurene Powell Jobs Pushes for Immigration Reform on TV, Twitter and Facebook

Broadcast TV is big. But Steve Jobs’ widow wants more reach to send her message out. Here’s the tool she’s using.
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Now Showing on YouTube: Spotify

The world’s biggest paid music service advertises on the world’s biggest free music service.
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Wall Street to the TV Guys: Please Bail on Broadcast for Cable!

It’s not happening soon. But investors like the idea.
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CBS Takes a Second Shot at the Super Bowl’s Second Screen

You can watch the entire game on the Web, for free. But CBS figures you’ll watch it on TV instead. The network’s challenge: To give you a reason to check out their Web site at the same time.
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Next Month’s Super Bowl Ads, Today

Advertisers are paying more than $3 million to show a 30-second ad during the 49ers-Ravens game. You can see some of them on YouTube now.
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Let Jason Kilar Take a Bow

Excited About Apple TV? Don’t Watch This Video.

Dyle Brings Legal, Live TV to Your iPad, With Many Strings Attached

Set Phasers to Hulu: CBS Cuts Another Web Video Deal

“Saturday Night Live” Explains Twitter and Facebook Explainers

Why NBC Can’t Make Money From Its Latest “Saturday Night Live” Viral Video

Hulu Keeps Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for Two More Years, Adds SpongeBob

Facebook’s Newest Advertiser: Facebook

Comcast and NBC Put Money, Marketing Into a Social TV App: Zeebox Lands in the U.S.

Hulu’s “Shark Tank” Problem

Sony, DirecTV Bring Back NFL for Cord-Cutters