Mergers & Acquisitions – Page 9

Broadcom Calls Off Qualcomm Bid

by Milos Pavlovic

Broadcom called off its bid for Qualcomm after President Trump said that it should not go ahead. Trump cited concerns over national security (Broadcom is currently based in Singapore, but had said that it …

Acer Injects More Cash into StarVR HMD Project

by Andrew Fenn

Acer has invested an additional $5 million in StarVR, a head-mounted display joint venture partnership with Starbreeze, raising its stake in the venture from 50% to 66.7%. At the end of 2017, StarVR and …

Ocelot and Ocean Management Acquire Ocean Outdoor for $277.7m

by Andrew Fenn

Ocelot Partners and Ocean Management have joined forces to acquire digital out-of-home advertising company Ocean Outdoor for £200 million ($277.7 million). Ocean Outdoor’s advertising locations in the UK include Piccadilly Circus, BFI London IMax, …

Comcast Enters Into Sky Bidding War With 21st Century Fox

by Andrew Fenn

Comcast has apparently outbid 21st Century Fox in a battle to take over Sky. Fox already owns 39% of Sky, and its application to purchase the remaining 61% is currently under review by the …

MTG Now Out of CEE Region

by Bob Raikes

A hat tip to Broadband TV News for pointing out that now that Modern Times Group (MTG) has sold its Bulgarian broadcast business, Nova, it is now out of the business in Central and …

Qualcomm Increases Offer for NXP

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm has agreed with NXP raise its offer to $127.50 per share and said that it has binding agreements with nine stockholders that own more than 28% of NXP’s outstanding shares. The deal values …

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NEC Acquires German LED Solution Provider S[quadrat]

by Andrew Fenn

NEC Display has announced its acquisition of S[quadrat], a provider of LED solutions, as the company looks to expand its display technology portfolio to include complete, fine-pitch LED systems for indoor, as well as …

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Broadcom Makes “Best and Final” Offer in Qualcomm Takeover Bid

by Andrew Fenn

Broadcom has made what it has called its “final” offer in its bid to acquire Qualcomm, who rejected the company’s previous bid in November 2017, claiming that it “significantly undervalued” the company. (Qualcomm Rejects …

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Vodafone in Talks to Purchase European Cable Assets from Liberty Global

by Andrew Fenn

Vodafone has confirmed it is in talks to purchase a number of Liberty Global’s cable assets in countries where the two companies have overlapping assets, which includes the Czech Republic and Hungary. Vodafone previously …

Tamedia Inks Takeover Deal with Goldbach Group

by Andrew Fenn

Tamedia has signed a takeover agreement with the Goldbach Group in Switzerland. The company pre-registered a public purchase offer for Goldbach at CHF 35.50 ($38) per share. Together, Tamedia and Goldbach want to expand …

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MTG to Sell Nordic Entertainment and Studios Assets to TDC

by Andrew Fenn

Modern Times Group (MTG) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine its Nordic Entertainment and Studios businesses with TDC, in order to create what it claims to be the first fully convergent entertainment …

HTC Finalises Smartphone Staff Transfer Deal with Google

by Andrew Fenn

Google and HTC have closed a $1.1 billion deal which will see HTC transfer its ODM smartphone team across to Google. HTC manufactured Google’s Pixel and Pixel 2 smartphones. The staff transfer will see …

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