How US cable companies learned to love Netflix (or Hulu) and chill


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 29 Nov 2017

FILE PHOTO: The Netflix logo is pictured on a television remote in this illustration photograph taken in Encinitas, California, U.S., on January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD SEARCH GLOBAL BUSINESS 16 OCT FOR ALL IMAGES

Cable companies are settling on a new strategy to combat streaming services like Netflix and Hulu: If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. 

Comcast Corp and Charter Communications Inc, the two biggest US cable operators, are in talks to offer Hulu’s on-demand service through their set-top boxes, according to people with knowledge of the matter. 

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