ABC - ABC TO JOIN NBC AND FOX ON HULU?

ABC TO JOIN NBC AND FOX ON HULU?

ABC may join NBC and Fox on Hulu.com, the website paidContent.com and the Los Angeles Times reported over the weekend, citing no sources. The reports said that ABC's corporate parent, the Walt Disney Co., is negotiating with NBC and Fox to take a stake in the video website, a move that would put such ABC hits as Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives on Hulu. Although ABC offers many of its programs on its own website, the Hulu player has received much praise for offering sharper, smoother picture quality than others. In an interview with Times, Michael McGuire, media analyst with Gartner Inc., said that Disney has "got to go where the people are." Hulu recorded 34.7 million viewers in February. Meanwhile, paidContent said Sunday that Disney and ABC are also in talks with YouTube on a deal "that would preclude a deal with Hulu."

30/03/2009