Posts Tagged ‘acquisition’

Zed Acquires Temafon

June 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 4 Comments »

Zed seems to be on a more aggressive acquisition path then expected. Nearly 2 months after their acquisition of Player X, the company now bought their second Russian company; Temafon.

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Warner Bids for Midway

May 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Good news for Midway today as Warner Bros showed interest in the company. It is offering $ 33 million to acquire various brands, studios and other assets.

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And the big EU Acquisition Is…

May 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 3 Comments »

Indeed, Zed is buying Player X. We have been sitting on the story for months (we respect embargo's) and in return where promised to have a 12 hour exclusive on the story.

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Mogees Acquires Berrystore

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Mobile billing provider Mogees has announced the acquisition of Berrystore. Berrystore is an App Store like sales channel that is aimed at the BlackBerry platform. Unlike RIM?s official BlackBerry World shop, Berrystore offers more variation in pricing levels.

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Shareholders Agree on Eidos Acquisition

March 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

The acquisition of Eidos by Square Enix is another step closer as the shareholders have reacted positively on the offer of the Japanese games publisher Square Enix (which will make them Square Enix Eidos?)

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Sony to Acquire SonyEricsson?

March 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 2 Comments »

The latest industry rumours say that Ericsson is interested in selling it's share of SonyEriccson to JV partner Sony. Does this mean that the much rumoured PSP phone will come anyway?

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Eidos to be Acquired in May

March 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Square Enix and Eidos have announced that the companies have agreed on the acquisition of Eidos by Square Enix. When the formalities are over, the companies expect the acquisition to be official by the end of May.

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Square Enix Receives Warner’s Blessings for Eidos Acquisition

February 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

Last week, we reported that Square Enix is interested in acquiring SCI/Eidos. Today, we can inform you that one of Eidos' biggest shareholders, Time Warner, has given Square Enix the green light for the acquisition.

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Handmark to Acquire Freerange

February 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

In order to increase their porting and distribution speed, Handmark has announced that it will acquire Freerange Communications somewhere along the next few weeks.

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SCI to be Acquired, Again?

January 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Last year we covered a lot of rumours on the possible sale of SCI. Ever since the company started restructuring, we didn't hear much until we opened our mailboxes today.