Hulu has yet another suitor in the approaching selloff... but that one has already been playing hard-to-get.
With an earnings call yesterday, DirecTV Boss Mike Whitened accepted the satellite television company was joining Apple, Google and several other potential purchasers in searching through Hulu's financial particulars to determine whether a purchase will make sense, but quickly began to backtrack speaking concerning the fact that DirecTV already features its own video distribution service which Hulu "is not necessary" to satisfy DirecTV's vision of how you can better serve clients.
(MORE: Google and Microsoft Apparently Both Kicking Hulu's Tires)
Whether this is just an uncomfortable version of playing things awesome or some genuine make an effort to put DirecTV's curiosity about some type of perspective is uncertain, however i can't help but question an amount happen if what's basically a TV distribution company were to purchase what's basically a TV distribution company. Would rivals like Comcast, Time Warner Cable, et al, complain to anti-trust physiques Would there is a situation
[via GigaOM]
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