Deals, Mergers, Funding, Partnerships and Aquisitions in the Internet TV, IPTV and Web Video industry

Deals, Funding & Acquisitions

Netflix Saves ‘Arrested Development’ | Streaming Service Develops New Series For 2013

Arrested Development has a new home. At Netflix. The critically-acclaimed, award-winning show is returning for a new series of episodes in...
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YouTube and Disney To Create Original Content

YouTube has managed to add another big name to its line-up of partners for its new channels full of original content....
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Hulu Adds The CW To Channel Line-Up | Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural

Hulu is busy expanding to new international markets and acquiring more content for its viewers. You wouldn’t think that until a...
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Original Programming Coming To YouTube | 100 Premium Channels With Big Budgets On Way

Not content with offering an alternative to broadcast television and cable channels, the Web is starting to mimic its longtime brother-in-arms....
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Netflix Has A Bad Day & The Future Looks Dire

Wow. That is what you call a bad day at the stock exchange. Not for the traders who have probably still...
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Online Video Translastion Site ViKi Funded To The Tune Of $20 Million As Investors Pile In

When investors start stepping over each other to put their money into a company you know it’s on the way up....
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Hulu Is No Longer For Sale As Disney, News Corps., Comcast, and Providence Backtrack

Were you hoping to buy Hulu and had a spare $2 billion plus lying around the house not doing anything? Then...
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Xbox 360 Becomes Cable Box As Microsoft Turns Its Games Console Into An Entertainment Hub

Microsoft wants the Xbox 360 to be the only set-top box you need to have sat next to your TV. And...
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Hulu Auction News – Google & Dish High Bidders

The fight to acquire Hulu has been a long (though not particularly bloody) one. It now looks as though either Google...
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Amazon Adds Fox Content To Amazon Prime Streaming Service As Netflix Rivalry Hots Up

With Netflix still recovering from its recent woes, there is a window of opportunity open and waiting for a serious competitor...
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Netflix and DreamWorks Strike A Deal | HBO Loses Content After Streaming Video Deal

Netflix has had somewhat of a tumultuous time of late, what with raising the prices and then splitting the two halves...
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YouTube Adds Magisto To Video Toolbox | Automatic Video Editor Enters The Bigtime

Two things are probably key for any tech startup looking to make it beyond the first year: funding, and a partner...
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Automatic Video Editor Magisto Debuts With $5.5 Million Series B Funding From Li Ka-Shing

Automatic video editor Magisto is now open to the public. A public which is taking more video footage than ever thanks...
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Google Bids High, Has Big Plans For Hulu, Maybe

There could be an interesting twist to the already-compelling tale of who is going to acquire Hulu. Because it looks as...
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Netflix Loses Starz Content Despite $300 Million Renewal Offer And Everyone Loses As A Result

Another day, another broken partnership which comes down to money, and nothing else but money. And as usual in these situations,...
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Socialcam Goes Startup | Justin.tv Spins Off Mobile Video Sharing App, Focuses On TwitchTV

Most startups struggle to reach any real level of market penetration. But the guys at Justin.tv seem to be making a...
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Google TV Coming To The U.K. As Eric Schmidt Promises More Partners, Brighter U.S. Future

Google TV isn’t going to be one of those many products or services Google kills off quietly after a failed trial....
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Hulu Deadline Extended As Potential Bidders Raise Concerns Over Profitability and Future

Hulu is being sold off, of that there is no question. But everything else, it would seem, is being questioned. From...
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Amazon Amongst Rumored Bidders For Hulu As Analyst Argues The Case For Owners Not Selling

The selling of Hulu is ramping up, with bids required to be in by tomorrow (Aug. 24). Speculation as to who...
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Amazon Instant Video Boasts Of 100k Streaming Titles But It Can’t Rival Netflix… Just Yet

Amazon Instant Video now boasts 100,000 titles to rent. But that makes it more of a threat to iTunes than Netflix,...
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Android Market Movie Rentals Service Comes To Smartphones | Films Available From $1.99

Thanks to the newly-updated Android Market and Videos app you can now watch movie rentals on your smartphone. Assuming it’s not...
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Hulu Launching Suscription Service In Japan By End Of 2011 | Europe’s Loss Is Asia’s Gain

Hulu is preparing to set sail and expand internationally for the first time. But Europe isn’t its first landing spot as...
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Movieclips Comes To YouTube As The Vevo For Films | Raises $7 Million In Series B Funding

Movieclips was good, now it’s great. And the fact that its range of movie clips (as the name implies) will now...
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Apple Set To Launch iTunes Replay | Re-downloading/Streaming Movies & TV Shows

Apple could be preparing to launch a new feature on iTunes allowing people to re-download or stream content they’ve previously bought....
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Video Commerce Site Joyus Raises $7.9 Million In Startup Funding, Launches In Public Beta

Despite being mostly terrible, infomercials and home shopping channels are big business, with people responding to them by cracking open their...
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WalMart Integrates Vudu For Mainstream Appeal

WalMart is finally integrating Vudu into its main website, thereby taking the streaming service well and truly into the mainstream. Should...
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Apple Looking To Buy Hulu To Bolster iTunes?

Apple’s name has been thrown into the ring as one of the many contenders looking to take Hulu and do something...
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Netflix Preparing To Launch In The U.K. and Spain In 2012 | From Latin America To Europe

Despite a hostile reaction to its latest price changes Netflix remains on target to grow within the U.S. And if the...
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British TV-On-Demand Service SeeSaw Saved After Acquisition By Criterion Capital Partners

SeeSaw has lived up to its name over the past month, first being announced as shutting completely, then getting a stay...
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Google To Buy Hulu? | Search Giant One Of Possible Buyers Alongside Microsoft and Yahoo!

Google is one of a trio of household names jockeying to take on Hulu. That is if the rumors are to...
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