Commodore

Commodore, Content Factory Launch Video Game Joint Venture

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 12, 2006 - 12:58pm.

Amsterdam - Commodore International Corporation (CIC), holders of the rights to the Commodore video game brand, announced on Monday that it has invested $22.7 million in a video gaming joint venture with Amsterdam-based The Content Factory.

Dutch PC Firm Tulip Sells Commodore Name to Media Firm Yeahronimo

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 4, 2005 - 3:14am.

Amsterdam -- Tulip Computers NV, a PC maker based in the Netherlands, recently announced that it has agreed to sell its subsidiary Commodore International BV to Yeahronimo Media Ventures Inc., a California-based media firm. Under the terms of the agreement, Yeahronimo will pay the Dutch firm approximately $38.1 million in installments until the year 2010. Yeahronimo will gain full control over the Commodore brand name "in order to further develop a worldwide entertainment concept", the company said. Tulip acquired Commodore in September 1997, after offloading the Amiga name and platform to Gateway.