Former Hulu execs Jason Kilar and Richard Tom today finally unveiled what they’ve been working on since leaving the online video powerhouse. Vessel is a new premium video subscription service featuring… Read More
Vessel, a stealthy startup led by former Hulu execs Jason Kilar and Richard Tom, has raised a new round of cash from Benchmark, Greylock and Bezos Expeditions, the venture capital… Read More
Hulu Plus subscribers are getting a little bit more control over their streaming experience on game consoles with a new update. The company launched a new feature called “Remote Control”… Read More
—INRIX, the Kirkland company that uses data to reduce traffic congestion, has named Mike Gerling to the board. He previously served as the North America chief operating officer of mapping provider Tele… Read More
Amazon’s rumored set-top box will allow users to stream video from a number of different services to their television, not just Amazon’s offerings. Instead of only carrying access to Amazon’s… Read More
One of the future perks of an Apple TV may be the ability to skip past all those commercials you hate. According to a report by former Wall Street Journal… Read More
Streaming media company Hulu was set to be sold, but now its current owners have had a change of heart. 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal, and The Walt Disney Company announced… Read More
Netflix dominates the streaming media world, but Hulu and Amazon have been making small gains in viewership, according to new data released this morning by the NPD Group market research… Read More
The geeks are in and the zombies are out. That’s what Amazon has reportedly decided for the first rounds of cuts of its original comedy TV content. About a month ago,… Read More
Paying for online content was a funny idea back when Napster was a hero and no one had heard the word “paywall.” Now it seems that’s changed. Almost without noticing,… Read More
Barry Crist, the former CEO of Likewise, has joined Opscode as vice president of enterprise. He will report to CEO Mitch Hill, and assist in the adoption of the company’s… Read More
Another day, another streaming deal for Amazon. The Seattle online giant just signed a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment for the rights to exclusively stream the popular FX show “Justified,” as… Read More
Big changes could be coming soon to Nielsen’s TV rating system to include video viewing statistics from devices like the Xbox, PlayStation and iPad. According to sources who spoke to… Read More
Two top Hulu executives with roots in the Seattle region are leaving the online video powerhouse. Hulu CEO Jason Kilar plans to depart this quarter, and Richard Tom, Hulu’s CTO,… Read More
Based on the numbers, things are going very well at Hulu. The streaming video company released its 2012 results today and this year, the company will post $695 million in revenue,… Read More
Hulu Plus is now available on the new Nintendo Wii U console and it introduces a new way to watch TV and movies. The difference is the utilization of the… Read More
Hulu is known for its TV shows, movies and other related video. Now, they’re venturing into the video game space. While you can’t quite yet purchase or play video games… Read More
It looks like Jeff Bezos & Co. have finally gotten Reed Hastings’ attention, or at least gotten Hastings to show that he’s feeling the competitive heat. The Netflix CEO previously… Read More
Amazon has struck a deal with Warner Bros. to bring West Wing and Fringe to its Amazon Prime Instant Video service before its rivals get the TV shows — the… Read More
Amazon and Microsoft just announced the first native Amazon Instant Video app for Microsoft’s Xbox 360, making it possible to watch videos from the Amazon service on the Microsoft console… Read More
New rankings for the U.S. online video market, released by comScore Networks this morning, come with a surprise: Amazon.com has surpassed Hulu in April with more than 30 million unique… Read More
Another day, another tech giant sets up shop in Seattle. Perhaps no story over the past 24 months has shaped the technology community in Seattle as much as the arrival… Read More
Technology companies continue to arrive on the shores of Seattle, attracted by the region’s top-notch software talent. The latest example is Ticketmaster, which announced today that it has opened a… Read More
“Given Amazon’s size and ambitions, we continue to track their progress carefully as well.” With that brief statement, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings acknowledged one of the online streaming video service’s… Read More
It’s rather stunning to think that Hulu was just a germ of an idea five years ago. Obviously, the entertainment industry has experienced a tectonic shift of epic proportions in… Read More
[The program will start around 1:30 p.m.] We’ve lined up some great speakers this afternoon for the GeekWire Summit in Seattle — including conversations with online collaboration pioneer Ray Ozzie… Read More
From Hulu to Netflix, it seems that every online video service is getting into original television these days, and new signs emerged overnight that Amazon.com is no different. Fortune reports… Read More
Many of us think of Hulu as the place to catch up on our favorite shows. But at its heart, Hulu is “a technology company first,” says Richard Tom, Hulu’s chief… Read More
Comcast this week is rolling out a new video streaming service called Streampix, an offering that will be available only to subscribers of the giant cable company. The offering, which… Read More
Newly surfaced Amazon.com job postings provide some interesting clues about the company’s push into original programming. An Amazon unit called the People’s Production Company, an extension of its crowd-sourced Amazon… Read More
