Google Still Wants Hulu, Willing to Pay $2 Billion; Amazon, Yahoo! and DirecTV on Board as Well?

But isn't that chump change compared to what Hulu is or will be worth?

The

(via

) reports that Google (NASDAQ:

) is still aggressively seeking ownership of Hulu. With a price tag ranging from a paltry $500 million to a questionably low $2 billion, Google stands to profit greatly from the streaming video service. The search engine giant has already shown its Hulu envy with

, a silly-sounding experiment that converts YouTube into a Hulu-esque video player. If you don't want Google (which has

our cable boxes) to

, never fear: it is just one of many companies interested in acquiring Hulu. Yahoo! (NASDAQ:

), Amazon (NASDAQ:

), and DirecTV (NASDAQ:

) are said to be among the corporations planning to make a bid. Interestingly, Apple (NASDAQ:

) – which reportedly

in Hulu last month – was not on the list of expected bidders. According to the Wall Street Journal, initial bids are due this Wednesday.