Private equity investment firm Genstar Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase live and on-demand digital video tools and workflow solutions provider Telestream for an undisclosed sum. The transaction recognises the Company’s significant growth and positions it well for the next phase of expansion and is expected to close mid-January. “Genstar’s mid-market focus […]

NeuLion, a provider of live and on-demand content to Internet-connected devices, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DivX, a provider of next-generation digital video solutions. As live and on-demand secured streaming of content continues to move to digital platforms, NeuLion and DivX together aim to be a leader in the space from both a […]

There are major plans ahead for AsiaSat, and which might end up with AsiaSat being delisted from the Hong Kong stock exchanged. The starting point is that investment fund Carlyle Group has agreed to buy General Electric’s stake in AsiaSat for HK$3.75 billion (US$483m). This move – if enough holders of Chinese government-backed bonds agree […]

Following earlier reports that UK MNO Vodafone was considering buying the Tesco-owned video and music streaming service blinkbox to give it access to content as it gears up to become a quad-play operator, existing market player TalkTalk is now understood to be in discussions with the UK supermarket retailer regarding a potential acquisition, with Vodafone’s […]

Reports have emerged in Turkey that a prominent Qatari businessman has agreed to pay $820 million for a 53 per cent stake in Turkish pay-TV platform Digiturk. Nasser Al Khelaifi, the chairman and CEO of beIN Media Group, which runs beIN Sports, is understood to have acquired the stake from Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund, […]

Citing irreparable harm to competition and consumers, and no discernible benefits, from the proposed union of the first and second largest cable companies in the nation, DISH Network has filed its Reply today at the FCC to Comcast-Time Warner Cable’s (TWC) Opposition to the Petitions to Deny their proposed merger. “Everyone who likes to watch […]

Multiscreen video software SeaChange International has increased its ability to extend social news to multiscreen television service providers by agreeing to acquire California-based SaaS company TLL, LLC which does business as Timeline Labs in a cash and stock deal rising to $24.5 million. Timeline Labs enables local broadcasters, local and national news organisations, cable news […]

Opponents of the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger have submitted just under 600,000 public comments to the Federal Communications Commission in recent months urging it to reject the proposed deal. The announcement was made just days before the FCC’s December 23rd deadline for submitting reply comments on the merger. The comments calling on the FCC to […]

21st Century Fox is set to buy the company that provides online publishers and advertisers a marketing platform for premium content in digital and on demand environments. true[X] is expected to remain a stand-alone business, but will work with Fox Networks Group to create engagement between brands and consumers on Fox’s digital platforms. “The connections […]