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Macrovision Buys PC Game Distributor Trymedia for $34 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 26, 2005 - 8:04am.
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Macrovision, a developer of copy-protection technologies for DVD, VHS, CD and other media, announced on Tuesday that it will acquire Trymedia Systems, a provider of secure downloadable PC games, for $34 million in cash. In conjunction with the acquisition, Macrovision said it will incorporate San Francisco-based Trymedia into a new business unit that will provide video game publishers with tools to secure, distribute, promote and continuously renew their game titles. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Macrovision said the deal will add secure game distribution to the DVD and VHS movie protection it provides to Hollywood studios, and the CD copy-protection technology it offers major record labels.
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EchoStar Buys Cablevision's Voom HD Satellite TV Service for $200 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 21, 2005 - 7:33am.
Englewood, Colo. -- EchoStar Communications, a provider of satellite TV programming through its DISH Network service, announced on Friday that it has purchased cable TV provider Cablevision's Rainbow DBS, which operates the Voom satellite TV programming service, for $200 million. Founded in 2003, Voom has touted itself as offering the largest amount of high-definition programming, but so far has lost $76 million and claims only 26,000 subscribers. Under the terms of the deal, EchoStar will receive Cablevision's Rainbow 1 satellite, in addition to the company's facilities in Black Hawk, S.D. Colorado-based EchoStar said it is "assessing how the Rainbow satellite's flexibility can best be utilized to enhance DISH Network's existing service," but will maintain the service for Voom customers at least during a transition period.
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