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08/02/2012
Deals Of The Day 08/02/12
AT&T is buying NextWave Wireless Inc. in a deal financed with $25 million plus a contingent payment of as much as approximately $25 million and, through a separate agreement with NextWave’s debtholders, all of the company’s outstanding debt; the entire purchase could cost AT&T a total of $600 million in cash. What AT&T gets are […]
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08/01/2012
Deals Of The Day 08/01/12
Toronto’s UXP Systems, whose platform “aggregates, personalizes and orchestrates multiscreen offerings for cable and telecom operators,” says Cable Bahamas is will use its Multiscreen Interaction (MINT) Platform to enable a variety of services in an upcoming market trial…Central Ill.-based iTV-3 is deploying Zhone Technologies’ managed MXK platform to expand the company’s current fiber network that […]
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08/01/2012
Global Connections 08/01/12
Calif.-based Tapjoy Inc. signed a MOU with South Korea’s SK Planet, “establishing a strategic alliance that will bring both companies further success in a rapidly growing mobile advertising market,” it says. Tapjoy expects to expand its global footprint through SK Planet’s T Store, which reportedly has more than 15 million subscribers and 300,000 content offerings, […]
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08/01/2012
At The Olympics 08/01/12
The commercial deployment of MPEG-DASH (dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP) standard moved one step closer with the first live public trial, presented by Belgian public broadcaster VRT. The DASH Promoters Group, supported by the European Broadcasting Union, is facilitating live MPEG-DASH streaming with DRM content protection of the 2012 London Olympics. The demo features a […]
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08/01/2012
People Watch 08/01/12
Sal Mendoza joins NBCUniversal as vice president/Diversity & Inclusion, a new position that reports to Craig Robinson, executive vice president/Chief Diversity Officer. Mendoza will oversee development of long-term strategies in the areas of workforce, community investment and management of the NBCUniversal employee resource groups. Mendoza moves over from Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, where he served […]
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08/01/2012
New Stuff 08/01/12
A new Subscriber Information Service (SIS) product from BlackArrow lets pay-TV operators work with advertisers “to optimize campaigns by delivering only the most relevant messages to each audience segment. Operators also can utilize the BlackArrow SIS to ensure that marketing campaigns – including special pricing and other incentives — are delivered only to those subscribers […]