Netflix,
Hulu and ...
Yahoo? Why
Marissa Mayer Wants Original TV Programming
Marissa
Mayer may soon take a break from
acquiring companies and instead acquire some TV shows.
Yahoo is "close" to ordering four high-quality online TV ****** with budgets of as much as a "few million dollars" per episode, according to a
recent report in the
Wall Street Journal. This would effectively put Yahoo in competition with a different group of Internet companies, including
Netflix, Hulu and Amazon
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Katie Couric's Move to Yahoo: Desperation or Inspiration?
The Internet giant has offered
Original Programming in the past, though for the most part it has come in the form of shorter web ******. The decision to invest more on TV caliber
Programming is likely part of the company's larger goal to double down on quality online video. Yahoo an**unced an
exclusive deal for the entire video catalogue of
Saturday Night Live around this time last year and followed that up a few months later with the hiring of news anchor Katie Couric
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