Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud technology infrastructure platform unit of Amazon, is to acquire software-defined video solutions specialist Elemental Technologies. The acquisition brings together Elemental’s leading video solutions with the AWS Cloud platform to provide media and entertainment companies with a range of integrated solutions to efficiently and economically scale video infrastructures as the […]
In a strategic move to strengthen its market position in media service and workflow orchestration to match the needs of the broadcasting industry now and in the future, media transport solutions specialist Net Insight is acquiring US software company VizuAll Inc, trading under the name of ScheduALL, in a $14 million (€12.5m) deal. The acquisition […]
AOL is to acquire mobile advertising specialist Millennial Media. AOL says the deal will give it a platform for app monetisation and add more than 65,000 apps to its offering, and bring more mobile ad scale to the ONE by AOL, its unified multiscreen digital ad platform. The deal values Millennial at $250 million (€220m) […]
MTG has completed the acquisition of the shares in Turtle Entertainment, the world’s largest esports company that operates the ESL brand. MTG has with this completed all of the three digital acquisitions announced in July this year, and will now focus on enabling them to expand even faster by leveraging the benefits from being part […]
Vubiquity, a global provider of premium content services, has confirmed the acquisition of Juice Worldwide. As one of the top OTT certified and preferred encoding houses and digital delivery agents, Juice Worldwide’s services will bolster Vubiquity’s network of content providers, now reaching top brands including iTunes, Netflix, Amazon and Google Play. The deal is a […]
US independent media services firm Cross MediaWorks, has acquired BlackArrow, a specialist in advertising and data solutions for the pay-TV industry. Reaching more than 40 million homes, BlackArrow provides software solutions that help the global pay-TV industry deliver more timely and efficient sales and marketing messages, extend TV services to new platforms, and gain real-time […]
Australian TV and movie streaming service Quickflix is not going ahead with the potential acquisition of a Shanghai-based film and television company. In a notice to the Australian Securities Exchange, it said that based on due diligence of the Shanghai-based company and advice received in relation to Chinese regulations and restrictions, it had decided that […]
UTV, the owner of the ITV franchise for Northern Ireland, has confirmed it is in talks with ITV over the sale of its TV assets. The company has a market capitalisation of £150 million (€205m). “The board of UTV Media notes the recent media speculation and confirms that it is in discussions regarding a potential […]
According to PwC’s US Entertainment, Media & Communications (EMC) Deal Insights, Q2 2015 deal value reached $76 billion, compared to $39 billion in Q1 2015, driven by transformative deals in the Cable ($63 billion), Internet & Information ($6 billion) and Communications ($3 billion) subsectors. The abandonment of a major Cable consolidation in Q1 2014 originally […]
Following news earlier this week that it’s planning to launch a new online video platform, Comcast has purchased video delivery and ad tech specialist This Technology. In a statement on the This Technology site, CEO Jeff Sherwin announced that the company’s products and services will now be available through Comcast Wholesale. This Technology is a […]