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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.

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Microsoft Developed Prototypes for a TV Set-Top Box

Ian Sherr, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 9 at 1:00 pm PT

As videogame fans await the unveiling of Microsoft Corp.’s next Xbox, questions about another piece hardware loom for the software giant.

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CBS Buys Stake in Video-Streaming Firm

Amol Sharma, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on April 22 at 10:09 am PT

CBS Corp. has taken a minority investment in Syncbak, a company that allows local-TV stations to stream programming to consumers over the Web, a move that comes as broadcasters are fighting unauthorized Internet distribution of their content.

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Netflix Goes Social With Ties to Facebook

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Social on March 13 at 11:00 am PT

Netflix users may want to think twice before watching that Rob Schneider movie yet again.

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Google’s YouTube in Talks to Let Video Creators Charge Viewers

Amir Efrati, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on January 29 at 3:40 pm PT

Google Inc.’s YouTube video site has been in talks to allow video creators to charge viewers to access their content as early as this year, said people familiar with the discussions.

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Dish to Shut 300 Blockbuster Sites; 3,000 Layoffs Loom

Shalini Ramachandran, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on January 22 at 3:35 pm PT

Dish Network Corp. plans to close a further 300 Blockbuster stores in the U.S. in the coming weeks, leaving the video chain with less than one-third of the stores acquired by the satellite-television company in 2011.