{"id":12001,"date":"2011-09-28T14:16:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T19:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=12001"},"modified":"2024-01-01T10:21:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T16:21:19","slug":"dish-offers-up-the-goods-hopes-to-be-the-new-owner-of-hulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/09\/dish-offers-up-the-goods-hopes-to-be-the-new-owner-of-hulu\/","title":{"rendered":"Dish offers up the goods, hopes to be the new owner of hulu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hulu_for_sale.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"981\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"12005\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/09\/dish-offers-up-the-goods-hopes-to-be-the-new-owner-of-hulu\/hulu_for_sale\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hulu_for_sale.jpg?fit=981%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"981,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hulu For Sale\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hulu_for_sale.jpg?fit=602%2C294&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hulu_for_sale.jpg?resize=981%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12005\" title=\"Hulu For Sale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hulu_for_sale.jpg?w=981&amp;ssl=1 981w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hulu_for_sale.jpg?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hulu_for_sale.jpg?resize=602%2C294&amp;ssl=1 602w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/hulu_for_sale.jpg?resize=180%2C88&amp;ssl=1 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Sale: One content streaming company with lots of high recognition programming. Must agree to previous owners&#8217; <a title=\"Fox will be limiting access to tv shows behind paywall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/07\/fox-will-be-limiting-access-to-tv-shows-behind-paywall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terms of use and distribution<\/a>; comes as is with <a title=\"Fox\u2019s 8-day wait is too long\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/08\/foxs-8-day-wait-is-too-long\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">angry<\/a> <a title=\"Umm, Hulu, Why Are You Publishing My Viewing History?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/08\/umm-hulu-why-are-you-publishing-my-viewing-history\/\">user<\/a> base. Asking price: $2B+ or best offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least that&#8217;s how I image the &#8220;For Sale&#8221; sign would read. In either case, Business Insider is reporting that Dish, the satellite TV provider, has won a bid for the TV networked owned Hulu for $1.9 Billion. Dish&#8217;s offer comes in higher than Yahoo and Amazon, though nowhere near Google&#8217;s offer of $4 Billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the report, Dish would be willing to accept the current terms of use (read: paywalls and delays in offering the latest content) simply because contracts will be going up for renegotiation in the not too distant future coupled with the fact that Dish may be more interested in back-end technology than providing additional content for customers. Google on the other hand bid a<del>n outlandish<\/del> considerably higher amount but was unwilling to bend on how the networks&#8217; demands on how to offer the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;d be interesting to see if the deal goes through or if Hulu will hold out for more cash, after all, they<em><strong> almost<\/strong><\/em> got what they were looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/guess-who-made-the-highest-bid-for-hulu-2011-9?op=1\">BusinessInsider<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dish wins the bid for Hulu at $1.9 Billion, surpassing offers from Yahoo and Amazon. The satellite TV provider may keep the current terms of use, focusing on back-end technology rather than content expansion. 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