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Discovery “most omnipresent non-domestic broadcaster” in Europe
Discovery had a broadcasting presence in 26 different European territories in 2017
acquisitions
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The Farm Group to be put out to pasture
WPP to sell its £50 million stake in the post production company
Business
LiveU announces majority investment by Francisco Partners
Expected to accelerate the company’s global expansion
Business
EditShare announces new investor and CEO
"If you make video, you are very likely a customer of ours, or could be."
Business
Mediapro acquires VR company Visyon
Companies previously collaborated on the world's first live VR telecast of a football match
Business
Mediaset ‘in final negotiations’ to acquire Sony’s Italian channels
Would lead to Sony's exit from the Italian market
Business
Vodafone offers concessions to secure Unitymedia takeover
Vodafone commits to not restricting distribution of TV broadcasters' content for OTT services
Business
Soho Digital Cinema sold
New company aims to be "one stop shop for all methods of digital content distribution"
Business
London Live owner ‘in talks to sell station’
Evgeny Lebedev said to be in talks with That's Media
Business
‘A fantastic portfolio augmentation’: Telestream acquires Tektronix Video
Telestream CEO Scott Puopolo speaks exclusively to TVBEurope
Business
ProSiebenSat.1 dismisses takeover speculation
Deputy chief executive rules out takeover by Mediaset
Business
Riedel invests in visitor counting specialist EvoCount
Both companies will remain autonomous
Business
TSL Products acquires DNF Controls
DNF offers a range of human-to-machine and machine-to-machine solutions
Business
Brightcove completes Ooyala OVP acquisition
Aspects of Ooyala’s technology will be integrated into the Brightcove platform
Business
Is the media industry about to see another mega-merger?
CBS and Viacom are reportedly "gearing up" to resume merger talks
Business
‘Disney is no Netflix’ despite Fox acquisition
TVBEurope talks to analyst Alice Enders as the mega-deal finally closes
Business
Roper Technology acquires Foundry for £410 million
Foundry will remain an independent company
Business
Apple’s SVoD ‘could reach 100 million subscribers’ in three to five years
Analyst Dan Ives predicts that Apple will acquire a production company in 2019
Business
Investment firm KKR acquires Germany’s Tele Munchen
New owners are looking to create a "leading independent audio-visual content platform”
Business
DoubleVerify acquires digital technology video company
Follows DoubleVerify's acquisition of Finnish content classification platform Leiki at the end of 2018
Business
Google acquires Cloud company Alooma
Tech giant is thought to be looking to catch up with AWS and Microsoft
Business
Euro Media Group acquires Telegenic
EMG plans to more efficiently cover major global events
Business
Brightcove acquires Ooyala’s video platform business in $15 million deal
Deal includes Ooyala’s video content management and publishing platform Backlot, Analytics Live and underlying intellectual property and patents
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InterDigital makes binding offer for Technicolor’s Research and Innovation assets
Technicolor said the proposed deal fits into its efforts to "focus resources solely on operating businesses"
Business
Apple should buy Netflix says JP Morgan
Analyst describes Netflix as "best strategic fit" for Apple
Business
Australia’s Switch Media expands into Europe
Company has acquired Swedish systems integrator Mediasmiths AB
Business
Discovery insists it is not for sale
Reports suggested the company was interested in being acquired by CBS
Business
VITEC acquires streaming media solutions company T-21 Technologies
Financial details have not been disclosed
Business
Adobe acquires Allegorithmic
Combines Allegorithmic's 3D design tools with Adobe's Creative Cloud platform
