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Disney takes a stake in Hulu?

David Kuan
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Hulu is a hot commodity. Even YouTube is starting to copy the online video site. Some have suggested that Yahoo beef up its beleagured online video presence with a stake in Hulu. Now there's rumors that Disney may be looking at Hulu. Disney owns ABC and ESPN.

Prediction: Disney will acquire a stake in Hulu by the end of July 2009. 

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Betting Closes:Jul 31 2009Current Consensus:83.89%Total Bets:35
Today's Change:
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Life Time High:90.47%
Life Time Low:25.92%

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According to article, Disney is taking a business agreement approach rather than the equity approach.


Well ... according to Disney-Hulu deal done with a 30% equity stake exchange.


Looking even closer now:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124110275139073305.html

But I want to wait for a confirmation from the companies. The sources in that article aren't described.

Ian Lamont
Managing Editor
The Industry Standard
twitter.com/ilamont


Judged. Disney has confirmed they've reached a deal:

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE53T50F20090430

Ian Lamont
Managing Editor
The Industry Standard
twitter.com/ilamont


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