Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) Is the Real Winner of the Hulu Sweepstakes

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Things have changed considerably since the bidding war heated up two years ago. DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV), AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), and Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE:TWC) weren’t front-runners. DIRECTV was reportedly booted early in the process for bidding too low. It was the Guggenheim of 2011. The leader board at the time was mostly dot-com giants wanting in on the streaming-video market. Things are different now. DIRECTV, AT&T, and Time Warner Cable are hungrier, and no matter which pay-TV provider is the one that ultimately turns Hulu into a walled garden, it’s going to be a big boost for Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX).

The article Netflix Is the Real Winner of the Hulu Sweepstakes originally appeared on Fool.com.

Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz owns shares of Netflix. The Motley Fool recommends DIRECTV and Netflix and owns shares of Netflix.

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