Month: July 2011

Chief Mouseketeer Bob Iger insisted Wednesday that Hulu’s owners are committed to selling the video streaming service.  But what if no one is committed to buying? Of the half-dozen companies known so far to have been invited in to kick the tires by Hulu’s bankers, only one, Amazon, strikes me as a plausible buyer. The rest Read More …

Streaming Video Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will not be at the Allen & Co. mogul-fest in Sun Valley this week, sending chief content officer Ted Sarandos instead. Turns out, Hastings had better things to do, like announcing Netflix’s expansion into 43 countries in Latin America. Starting later this year, Netflix users in Mexico, South America, Read More …

First Read England’s hottest export, Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, will land in LA this week to attend the Variety Venture Capital and New Media Summit. The royal newlyweds will be on hand to promote Tech City, the British government’s effort to build up a U.K. version of Silicon Alley Read More …