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The latest company considering a bid for Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu is El Segundo-based DirecTV , according to reports Friday afternoon.

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When soap operas "One Life to Live" and "All My Children" moved online, it wasn't clear how fans would watch them.

Cable companies want to plant a flag in the online video space by buying a stake in one of the hottest new media properties available.

I have closely watched the up-and-coming generation, known as The Millennials, for 29 years now.

Creating original content is the big trend with major tech companies like Netflix and Hulu.

An Oprah body double has been revealed by the queen of talk shows and TV, Oprah Winfrey .

Time Warner Cable is in talks about taking an equity stake in the Hulu video hub, Bloomberg reported Thursday , citing unnamed sources said to be familiar with the discussions.

While it appears Netflix is continuing to grow as the dominant video streaming service in the U.S., its competitors are also growing, according to Internet research firm Sandvine .

Roger Corman's campy B movies, children's shows like 'Sesame Street' and 'Inspector Gadget,' and inspirational monologues by celebrities - these are among the offerings on 30 channels that will soon require a paid monthly subscription on YouTube.

Last week the online ad industry was abuzz over the Digital Content NewFronts . For the most part, buyers raved about the improved quality of the video content peddled by the likes of AOL , Yahoo, YouTube and Hulu .

Well, in the short time between when we spoke to him for Mediabistro's weekly series "So What Do You Do?" and the publication today of that interview , he added a Hulu game show.

Amazon , the online retailer, recently posted 14 original "TV pilots" on the Web for public viewing and reviewing.

It's looking like a possible Hulu buyout may be heating up. Reportedly, Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer recently met with the video streaming company's corporate owners, according to AllThingsD .

According to numerous sources close to the situation, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently met with top execs at Hulu, the premium video service whose media company owners have been considering selling it for some months.

Hulu the online television streaming site based in Los Angeles, has added support for Windows Phone 8, the company announced Monday.

Verona native Jay Mohr, an actor and comedian, will be hosting a new game show exclusively on Hulu.com called "Money Where Your Mouth Is," according to a recent report.

In the midst of taking on new leadership and contemplating a sale, Hulu is looking to double its advertisers by the end of this year.

But are these new media upstarts really ready to steal advertising dollars from traditional television? The NewFronts are an online riff on television's annual UpFronts which are used to unveil new shows and sell advertising.

Hulu 's premium video service, Hulu Plus , has doubled its user base in the past 12 months, surpassing 4 million paying subscribers since launching in 2010.