Advertising: With Online Video Offerings, the Establishment Plays the Upstart

Ambitious efforts are being made by legacy media companies like Time Inc. to join the frenzy of online video content creation that was set off by so-called digital natives like AOL, BuzzFeed and others.



Chipotle Blurs Lines With a Satirical Series About Industrial Farming

The fast-food chain’s four-part comedy-advertisement, “Farmed and Dangerous,” will be shown on the TV-streaming service Hulu.

    



Super Bowl Ads Get Their Own Pregame Show (and It’s an Early One)

YouTube and Hulu are promoting teaser commercials for ads that will appear during the game on Feb. 2.

    



Hulu Is Said to Pick a New Chief Executive

The new leader of the streaming service would be Mike Hopkins, a veteran of Fox Networks with a focus on distribution as opposed to creating new content.

    



Nickelodeon on the Mend, Profit Soars at Viacom

Better ratings at the children’s network raised revenue, as did streaming services like Amazon and Hulu.

    

Advertising: Instead of a Sale, Hulu Concentrates on ‘The Awesomes’

To compete with Netflix, Hulu is expanding its original programming and creating an animated series.

    

Hulu Owners Call Off Sale, Instead Pledging to Invest to Take On Rivals

The streaming-video Web site had been seeking bids for months. The owners — 21st Century Fox, the Walt Disney Company and NBCUniversal — instead decided not to sell.

    

Hulu Faces a Nebulous Future as It Seeks a New Owner

Hulu’s sale could signal the end of one of the pioneers of online streaming, which has become an increasingly popular way to watch television.

    

Less ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live’ on Web

The producers who gave new life on the Web to “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” have decided that four new episodes a week was too many.

    

Hulu Says Number of Paid Subscribers Has Doubled

The online video site said it now has four million paid subscribers, up from two million last year, even as two of its owners are weighing whether to sell the company.

    

Two Classics of the Soaps Are Heading to the Web

Two war horses of the genre, “All My Children” and “One Life to Live,” will have their Internet premieres at 5 a.m. Monday on Hulu and iTunes.

    

Media Decoder Blog: Hulu Names an Acting Chief Executive

The online video Web site Hulu, in a state of flux as its owners decide what to do with it, said that Andy Forssell, the person in charge of content for the site, would become its acting chief executive.

Media Decoder Blog: Sears and Penney Respond to ‘SNL’ Sketch Complaint

The companies have made arrangements to avoid placing any ads adjacent to online replays of the sketch in question, but that will not affect any commercials in the television version of “SNL.”