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Neo Advertising Hamburg Taken Over by Ströer

by Andrew Fenn

Neo Advertising Hamburg has been taken over by Ströer, according to Invidis. The Neo takeover now puts Ströer in charge of the Digital-Out-of-Home advertising network for the Edeka supermarket chain in northern Germany, as …

BOE to Compete Against Foxconn for a Share in JDI

by Andrew Fenn

According to a report on Chinese-language site Economic Daily News, panel-maker BOE Technology may soon enter a bidding war with Foxconn Electronics to acquire a share in Japan Display (JDI). JDI had previously said …

Broadcom Wants to Buy Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

Broadcom has made an unsolicited bid to buy Qualcomm for a price of $60 per share, plus $10 in Broadcom stock, valuing the company at around $130 billion and a 28% premium on the …

Fujitsu & Lenovo Make a Deal – Finally!

by Bob Raikes

Just as we were finalising our issue this week, we spotted the news that after some delay from the original concept, Fujitsu and Lenovo have formed a PC Joint Venture. We first reported on …

Cisco Looking To Sell NDS

by Bob Raikes

Bloomberg has reported that Cisco is looking for buyers for the NDS business that it bought back in 2012, after selling the STB business to Technicolor at the end of 2015. (Technicolor Completes Cisco …

Tags:Cisco| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Court Overturns Vodafone/Ziggo Approval

by Bob Raikes

The EU’s General Court has overturned the approval of the merger between Vodafone and Ziggo in the Netherlands, after an appeal by KPN. (Reuters: EC Will Approve Vodafone/Liberty Deal) The European Commission had approved …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vodafone| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Misco UK Fails

by Bob Raikes

UK distributor, Misco, has gone into administration (equivalent of the US Chapter 11) after a late attempt to sell the company to PCM of the US failed. The company was the subject of a …

Ströer Gets Green Light to Acquire UAM Media Group

by Andrew Fenn

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, otherwise known as Bundeskartellamt, has authorised Ströer’s takeover of the creator of Edgar Freecards, UAM Media Group, which claims to be the country’s largest ambient media provider. Bundeskartellamt, which regulates …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Stroer| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Bain Consortium Acquires Toshiba Memory Corporation

by Andrew Fenn

Toshiba has signed an agreement to sell its memory chip business to a Bain-led consortium, for ¥‎2 trillion ($17.7 billion). Bain Capital’s Pangea will fund the transaction, with contributions from Bain Capital itself, optical …

Qualcomm Extends Offer for NXP

by Bob Raikes

Frankly, the deal was done so long ago that it had slipped our minds, but now Qualcomm has extended its offer to buy NXP, a deal that was due to be concluded by Oct …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Imagination Sold to Chinese-backed Fund

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies of the UK has been sold to Canyon-bridge Capital Partners, a private equity fund, for £55 million, a 47.4% premium to the share price on the day before the company was put …

No Comment from HTC on Rumours of a Spin-Off

by Alan Spencer

No comment has been received from HTC on recent market speculation that the company is currently conducting a strategic assessment on its future, including options to sell-off the company or spin off its VR …

Tags:HTC| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 32