SAN FRANCISCO, October 4 afternoon, according to informed sources, Hulu began the second round of bidding this week, but the sale of the company's major shareholders will not uniform, making the final sale agreement may be reached increasingly low.
Informed sources said that the current leading bidder may be the U.S. satellite TV company Dish Network, the company's bid nearly $ 2 billion. Although this is very close to the ideal price Hulu largest shareholder, but in recent weeks, but then these large shareholders are hesitant to sell the company.
Hulu by the News Corporation, Comcast (Comcast) mont blanc Pen encre gel, Disney, and private equity firms Providence Equity joint ownership. Informed sources said that Disney CEO Bob Iger (Bob Iger) firmly support the sale of Hulu, but he also hopes to clear before the vote in favor of buyers.
the current contents of the key problem is that Hollywood will eventually become the company's digital enterprise leading the field of streaming media, or whether it will still be an external company to license their products. Because Hulu is the content business in the digital domain is one of the few successful projects, so that these long-term strategy is becoming a major shareholder Hulu delay is difficult to make a decision.
an insider said: Hulu companies clearly preferred to sell them to a better understanding of, and comply with industry standards of corporate entertainment. The Dish Network is clearly the most consistent with this requirement bidder. Hulu content owners want to ensure that efforts to develop the new owner of the company, and suppress the formation of Netflix.
At the same time, Google also wants to acquire Hulu, and are willing to offer significantly improved (up to 40 billion U.S. dollars), but only to renew the existing contents of the agreement.
Amazon is also expected to bid. Although Yahoo does not officially give up Abercrombie Men Hats, but the CEO Carol Bartz (Carol Bartz) after the departure of the company's own has become the acquisition target, it is unlikely to continue to participate in bidding.
a close Hulu major shareholders informed source said that the existing contents of the agreement Links Of London Bracelets, unless the offer to $ 2.5 billion or higher, otherwise difficult to negotiate the sale is unlikely.
more complicated, Disney and News Corp. have the ability to veto any sale transaction. And because the merger with NBC Universal, Comcast makes the loss of voting rights.
source also said that another potential bidder a few unknown may be involved in the bidding. (Pot)
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