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Agreements With iTunes and Amazon.com Provide New Revenue Stream for Content Creators; Platform Enables YouTube Community to Buy Music and Games
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Google to Bring New Advertising Clients to the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION® Network
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LG Electronics (LG), a major player in the global flat panel display market, today announced business strategies and goals for its display business at IFA International 2008 in Berlin, Germany.
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The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that DIRECTV Inc. has taken on-orbit delivery of the DIRECTV 11 satellite, which will continue to expand DIRECTV's industry-leading lineup of high-definition television channels and services to millions of households in the United States.
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Auction Strategy Complements Recent Aloha Partners Acquisition to Give AT&T the Ability to Deliver Next-Generation Wireless Services
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Oak Hill Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm, announced today that it has agreed to purchase eight News Corporation owned-and-operated FOX network affiliated television stations for approximately $1.1 billion in cash.
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Macrovision Corporation and Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. today announced the two companies have signed a definitive agreement for Macrovision to acquire Gemstar-TV Guide in a cash and stock transaction.
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The newly opened Nitra factory, which employs state-of-the-art equipment and focuses on production of large-size, high-end LCD TV sets, will operate as Sony's main LCD TV factory for the European market together with the Barcelona factory, in Spain.
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Alcatel-Lucent announced it has acquired Tamblin, a privately held software company that provides applications and tool kits that will enhance Alcatel-Lucent's solution for enabling IPTV users to easily find, connect and interact with brands and entertainment they care about.
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DiBcom, the market leader in integrated circuit (IC) solutions for mobile TV reception, has announced the closing of its fifth round of financing at 20 million euro, bringing its total funding to date to 60 million euro.
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Virgin Media, the UK's largest cable TV company, has received an offer from Carlyle Group, one of the world's leading private equity groups, after similar approaches by other private equity firms.
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MyStrands, a leading developer of social recommendation technologies, announced today that it has raised $25 million in Series B funding lead by Antonio Asensio, 25-year-old Spanish media mogul and CEO of Grupo Zeta, the third largest media group in Spain. Existing investors Debaeque and Sequel backed this round which brings total investment in the company to $31 million.
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Podbridge announced that it closed a new round of
venture funding totaling $8.5 million. Proceeds will be used to accelerate the
company's market expansion, scaling the business and making further inroads in
monetizing all types of downloadable video and audio content.
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INTENT MediaWorks, today announced it has closed $10 million in Series B funding, led by Greycroft Partners, SoftBank Capital, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) and Allen & Co.
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Rinera Networks Inc. today announced the close of $9M in Series A funding from existing investors NEA and Foundation Capital. Rinera will use the funding to further develop its unique technology for distributing video over the Internet.
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The capital enables Ensequence to continue its worldwide expansion, open new offices in Los Angeles and New York, complete operator deployments in cable and satellite and bring to market the next generation of on-Q(R) software.
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Comcast, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the cable systems owned and operated by Patriot Media & Communications, a privately-held company.
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Motorola through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm, today announced that it has made an equity investment in AMIMON.
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