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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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Ad Firms Fault Web Outlets

Suzanne Vranica, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 10 at 6:00 am PT

Online video outlets are pulling out all the stops to draw more advertising dollars, investing heavily in star-laden new series and, last week, staging glitzy presentations for marketers. But advertisers still aren’t happy.

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Obama to Name Wheeler to Head FCC

Danny Yadron, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 30 at 12:18 pm PT

President Barack Obama is expected to soon nominate a former top lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries to lead the Federal Communications Commission, two people familiar with the matter said.

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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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New Threat to Aereo TV

Shalini Ramachandran, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on April 9 at 7:30 am PT

The TV industry’s best hope of shutting down TV startup Aereo Inc. anytime soon could rest, bizarrely enough, on a legal case involving something called Aereokiller LLC.

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Ericsson Buys Microsoft’s Mediaroom Business

Gustav Sandstrom, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 8 at 9:55 am PT

Swedish network equipment vendor Ericsson said Monday it has agreed to buy Microsoft Corp.’s Mediaroom business for an undisclosed sum in order to increase its share of the market for Internet-based television technology.