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The news is surprising because for a long while now this has been a lousy economic climate to do any initial public offering.

After months of being courted by technology giants and TV signal providers, online video service Hulu is no longer for sale, its media company owners said Thursday. The Walt Disney Co., News Corp., Comcast Corp. and Providence Equity Partners had been shopping the site since June after receiving an unsolicited takeover offer.

Apple may be in talks to add streaming movie purchases to its iCloud service, but will Hollywood get onboard or stay loyal to its Ultraviolet service?

Amazon.com said it struck a deal with Fox to offer online video-streaming of the company's movies and television shows.

Netflix, DreamWorks reached a multi-year deal to give Netflix exclusive rights to first-run feature films and television specials for video streaming.

The movie studio business model is poised for its biggest shift in years as Hollywood turns to Internet delivery as the only way to boost home entertainment revenues. Across Hollywood, a quiet revolution is brewing that's about to transform living rooms around the world.

Facebook is looking to hire a big-name executive to cultivate relationships and strike deals with the film and music industries to bolster its media offerings.

The auction of online video site Hulu has been slowed by recent developments which could derail it completely, according to sources familiar with the process.

Yahoo Inc. recently approached Hulu to discuss a possible acquisition of the popular online video service, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Hulu has been approached with an offer to buy the company. Right now it is unclear who the offer is from but CNBC’s Julia Boorstin tweets it is not from Google.