Among the deals this week, Indian IT giant Tata looks ready to snap up a subsidiary of British Telecoms, and Apple buys Yahoo! News UK.
(Jan 18) Indian IT services company Tata is set to acquire BT Mosaic, a digital media management platform, from its UK owners British Telecom.
(Source: domain-b.com)
(Jan
18) Apple has bought Yahoo! News UK, a mobile advertising network to
smartphone applications and media players, for an undisclosed sum.
(Jan 15) American book publisher and manufacturer Courier Corporation
has bought HIghcrest Media, a company that streamlines textbook
production for commercial and educational use. The deal was for a
undisclosed sum.
(Source: Courier Corporation press release)
(Jan 15) Duncan McIntosh, a US publisher and events firm, has acquired
Editor & Publisher, a 126-year-old newspaper business trade
magazine, putting it back into production in print and online. The
terms of the deal were not published.
(Source: difitalmediawire)
(Jan 12) Chinese online games developer Shanda Games is set to acquire
San Francisco firm Mochi Media , a distributor of browser-based games,
for US$80 million (Dh293.84m). The deal comprises $60m cash and $20m in
shares.
(Source: Tech Trader Daily)
(Jan 11) Telecommunications giant Motorola Inc has purchased
SecureMedia, a developer of security systems for IP video distribution
and management and digital rights management. The financial terms of
the deal were not disclosed.
(Source: Motorola press release)