MandA (M&A – Mergers and Acquisitions) News

ARM Extends Leadership In Media Processing With Logipard Acquisition
Feb 10, 2009 – ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) has announced that it has acquired Logipard AB, a leading Sweden-based video IP company. The Logipard video IP has shipped in more than 30 million mobile phone units to date.
News categories: ARM, MandA, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Micronas' Consumer division to close
Feb 5, 2009 – Micronas (SIX: MASN) has decided on a package of economy and restructuring measures. Negotiations for sale of parts of the Consumer business are ongoing with potential buyers who want to retain employees. The rest of the Consumer division will be shut down.
News categories: Micronas, Digital TV, Finance, MandA, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Qualcomm Acquires Handheld Graphics and Multimedia Assets from AMD
Jan 20, 2009 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) and AMD (NYSE: AMD) have announced that Qualcomm has acquired certain graphics and multimedia technology assets, intellectual property and resources that were formerly the basis of AMD's handheld business.
News categories: Qualcomm, AMD, MandA, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

CompleteTV Completes Acquisition of CIMA Technologies IPR and Assets
Jan 5, 2009 – CompleteTV, a UK company developing innovative set top technology for new generation Over-the-Top IPTV services, has announced the acquisition of the IPR and assets of CIMA Technologies (Hong Kong).
News categories: CompleteTV, China, Hong Kong, MandA, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

Swedish AirplusTV closes Digital Terrestrial pay-TV deal with Telecom Italia
Dec 2, 2008 – AirplusTV Group and Telecom Italia Media finalized the agreement for the transfer of all activities concerning the Digital Terrestrial pay-TV platform La7 Cartapi'u to the Italian division of AirplusTV.
News categories: AirplusTV, Telecom Italia Media, Italy, MandA, Terrestrial

Etisalat and France Telecom establish a cooperation agreement
Dec 1, 2008 – Etisalat (Abu Dhabi: ETISALAT) and France Telecom (Paris and NYSE: FTE) have signed a cooperation agreement covering Digital Home services, content, international networks and Enterprise solutions. Etisalat will acquire a 16.6% stake of SoftAtHome.
News categories: France Telecom, Etisalat, MandA, Media Player, Smart Home, UAE

Amino To Acquire Set-Top Box Division From Tilgin AB
Nov 20, 2008 – Amino Technologies (AIM: AMO) is pleased to announce that it has signed a sales and purchase agreement for the acquisition of Tilgin's IPTV set-top box division. Completion of the acquisition is expected to occur on 1 December 2008.
News categories: Amino, Tilgin, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Set Top Box

Sonic to Acquire CinemaNow
Nov 19, 2008 – Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) has announced that it is to acquire CinemaNow. CinemaNow is at the forefront of digital video distribution, offering over 6,000 Hollywood movies, TV shows and music videos to users across multiple platforms.
News categories: CinemaNow, Sonic Solutions, DVD, DVR, MandA, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Broadcom to Acquire Digital TV Business from AMD
Aug 25, 2008 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) and AMD (NYSE: AMD) have announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Broadcom to acquire AMD's digital TV (DTV) business.
News categories: Broadcom, AMD, Digital TV, MandA, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV