London - Screen Digest, a London-based market research firm, announced on Thursday that it will acquire Adams Market Research, a fellow market research firm covering the U.S. home entertainment market.

Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close  by the end of the month, were not disclosed.

The combined company will employ over 40 analysts, and count every major film studio, leading TV networks, and many media technology companies as its clients.

New products planned include Global Media Intelligence, an online service for media-focused institutional investors that will track more than 300 companies in 50 countries across TV, motion pictures, video games, mobile media, home entertainment and broadband media.

"[The deal] will give our clients access to an enormous range of top quality research on key media markets outside of the U.S., and broaden the scope of our own research," said Adams Media Research president Tom Adams.

"We've worked with Screen Digest for a number of years sharing data and perspectives, so we are well aware of the significant benefits that our combined resources will offer our clients."

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