Joseph Tartakoff
Apr 19, 2010 2:30 PM
BlackArrow, which sells ad systems designed to reach what the company calls users of “new-TV” (DVR customers, mobile TV etc.) has raised $20 million in a third round of funding. The round was led by NDS Group, which provides DRM and other technology to digital pay TV providers. The companies…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Aug 14, 2008 8:44 AM
Back in June, News Corp (NYSE: NWS). announced, along with PE firm Permira, plans to acquire the remaining share of DRM and conditional access firm NDS, that it did not already own. The original offer was $60 per NDS share, or $3.6 billion in total. Today the companies have announced…
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Rafat Ali
Jun 28, 2008 11:45 AM
NDS, the UK-based DRM and conditional access firm which is majority owned by News Corp, is now being taken private: News Corp (NYSE: NWS). is teaming up with Permira Advisers, the big European private-equity firm for this deal which is worth $3.6 billion. News Corp. will reduce its stake in…
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Legal, Digital Rights Management, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, News Corp., Countries, Europe, nds, permira
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