Hulu has contacted 5 potential acquirers to dish in a bid

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time September 3 morning, the source said, Hulu in the first round of auction received 5 quotes, including one quoted by the United States, the second largest satellite TV operator dish receptacle. According to sources, each offer contains provisions on ownership of the program. Hulu's shareholders, including Walt Disney, News Corp, Comcast and Providence Equity Partners, will offer a 5-year broadcast of TV dramas to buyers of Hulu, including a 2-year exclusive right to play.　　Other sources said earlier that Google, Yahoo and Amazon would issue a takeover offer to Hulu by the end of last week. A spokesman for Hulu and Dish declined to comment on the news.　　People close to the situation said Dish is currently planning to launch a blockbuster streaming media film service next month to compete with Netflix. Since the acquisition of blockbuster, Dish has been negotiating with film producers to discuss content licensing issues. Dish has made some progress in this regard. Sources say Dish will provide films from Starz in the future.　　Starz also said this week that it had suspended talks with Netflix about a renewal of the online content-broadcast agreement. COO Ches Kere, News Corp, said last month that Hulu's auction process was proceeding in a step-by-step manner, but it was not clear when the final deal would be reached. "We'll see what happens in the end," he says. For us, it still takes a decision to reach the final outcome, whether we should sell Hulu or keep a certain stake so that content owners can continue to push Hulu forward. The Wall Street Journal reported last month that buyers ' bids for Hulu ranged from 500 million to 2 billion dollars.　　Hulu's shareholders have hired investment companies such as Morgan Stanley and Guggenheim Partners to help deal with Hulu's auctions. Hulu will start offering online TV services in Japan on September 1. The site offers limited free TV dramas, and if users want to watch more TV dramas, they need to pay 7.99 dollars a month to use the Hulu Plus service. (AU) to share: