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As such, Dauman said Viacom would "prefer to work with Hulu as a distributor than own all of Hulu."
The comments came in response to a question about whether Viacom would ever want to own or develop its own Hulu or Netflix-like offering. At times, rumors have circulated that Viacom has bid for online media distribution properties YouTube and Last.fm. Viacom does own a stake in Epix, frequently dubbed the "Hulu of movies," which allows cable subscribers to stream movies online.