Xperi Acquires Vewd In Bid To Expand The TiVo Brand
Xperi, the holding company that controls CE brands and technologies including TiVo, DTS IMAX Enhanced and others, announced Tuesday the acquisition of Vewd Software Holdings Limited for $109 million through a mixture of cash and debt. Vewd is a prominent global brand in over-the-top (OTT)…
Ratings Analyst Nielsen Headed Toward Acquisition By Private Equity Group
Decades old TV ratings giant Nielsen is poised for purchase by private equity consortium Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation and Brookfield Business Partners for $16 billion. The buyer represents a consortium of venture capital firms led by Elliott Management and Brookfield Asset Management, which is to…
Medical Company Targets Sound United In $1B Acquisition Proposal
Viper Holdings, parent of Sound United which controls a stable of upper- mid to high-end home audio brands including Denon, Marantz, B&W and Polk Audio, announced this week a definitive agreement to be acquired by medical technology resource Masimo Corporation. The strategy behind the reported…
Amazon’s Proposed MGM Acquisition Under Attack By Citizens, Labor Groups
A coalition of 34 citizen groups last week sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging its members to block Amazon’s pending $8.45 billion purchase of MGM in order to slow Amazon’s growing dominance. In a letter to recently named FTC Chair Lina…
MGM, Amazon Reach Definitive Merger Agreement
The studio that brought us classics such as Robocop and the James Bond series is being sold to Amazon. Chatter about the pending deal has been widely reported in recent weeks, but an official announcement was released Wednesday saying that e-commerce king Amazon and MGM…
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