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Time Warner Acquired by Charter Communications

by Helen Vince

Charter Communications has acquired Time Warner Cable in a deal which values Time Warner at $78.7 billion. The news comes after Comcast last month terminated its $45.2 billion merger agreement with Time Warner because …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Time Warner| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Blackberry Makes Global Job Cuts

by Helen Vince

Blackberry is once again the subject of rumours about a possible take-over of its business, having already been linked to both Samsung and Apple so far this year as a potential acquisition target. Microsoft …

Tags:BlackBerry| Employment and Redundancies| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Kopin Hires Ex-Panasonic LCD Expert

by Helen Vince

Kopin has appointed Hideki Matsukawa, formerly general manager of advanced development at Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Company, to the newly created position of chief display scientist. Matsukawa has over 30 years experience in LCD …

Tags:Kopin| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| People| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Exertis Acquires Computers Unlimited

by Helen Vince

Exertis’ parent company DCC Technology has acquired Computers Unlimited (CU) for £24 million ($37.2 million). The Ireland-headquartered consumer distributor has offices in London, Paris and Barcelona and operates four business units that target premium …

Tags:Distributors| Exertis| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Intel, Altera Resume Deal Talks

by Helen Vince

Intel and Altera are reported to have restarted negotiations about a possible buyout, having abandoned talks in April Intel, Altera Call Off Takeover Talks. The two companies were reported to be in the early …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

MSI Denies Lenovo Interest

by Helen Vince

Micro-Star International (MSI) has strongly denied reports that it is in talks with Lenovo to sell its gaming notebook business. Rumours had been circulating suggesting that Lenovo was interested in acquiring the unit to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Rumour: Apple Interested in Blackberry?

by Helen Vince

There have been unconfirmed reports that Apple is considering a plan to acquire struggling Blackberry in a bid to improve its presence in the enterprise market. Reports suggest that Apple’s main interest could be …

Tags:Apple| BlackBerry| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Verizon to Acquire AOL

by Helen Vince

Verizon has signed an agreement to acquire AOL in a deal valued at $4.4 billion. According to Verizon, the acquisition further drives its LTE wireless video and OTT strategy, as well as supporting the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Verizon| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Netflix Asks FCC to Reject AT&T/DirecTV Merger

by Helen Vince

Netflix has asked the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject the planned merger of AT&T and DirecTV, unless its competitive concerns about the deal are addressed. The company said it does not object …

Tags:AT&T| DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Netflix| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Flextronics to Buy Mirror Controls International

by Helen Vince

Flextronics has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mirro Controls International (MCi) from private quity firm Egeria, in an all cash transaction which values its share capital at €457 million. MCi manufactures glass …

Tags:Flex| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

C3nano Buys Silver Nanowire Maker

by Helen Vince

US firm C3nano says it has acquire Asia’s major supplier of silver nanowire (AgNW), Aiden of Korea. The company said that in addition to establishing a vertically integrated AgNW supply, the acquisition provides C3nanowith …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Silver Nanowire| Vol 22 - Issue 19