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Report: Worldwide Online Games Market to Reach $13 Billion in 2011

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 6, 2006 - 1:59pm.
San Diego - Increased broadband penetration and greater numbers of PCs and connected game consoles will push the worldwide market for online games from $3.4 billion in 2005 to over $13 billion in 2011, according to a report from market research firm DFC Intelligence.
tags: Games | Marketing | Reports | Commerce | Investing | Online Games | Market Research | DFC Intelligence |

Market Research Firm Telephia Launches Mobile TV User Panel

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 24, 2006 - 7:17pm.
San Francisco - Telephia, a provider of performance measurement information to the mobile industry, said on Wednesday that it has launched the industry's first mobile television user panel, designed to measure the attitudes and behaviors of mobile TV users.
tags: Mobile | Marketing | Mobile TV | Market Research | Telephia |

Market Research Firm Gartner Prices Stock Offering to Raise $140 Million

Authored by dmw on May 22, 2006 - 6:53pm.
Stamford, Conn. - Gartner, a technology market research firm, has priced a secondary offering of 9.5 million shares of stock at $14.75 million a share to raise a total of about $140 million. All of the shares are being sold by Silver Lake Partners, a New York-based private equity firm that is Gartner's largest shareholder, which owns a 33% stake in the company. Silver Lake remains the company's largest shareholder after the current sale.
tags: Deals | Marketing | Tech | Investing | Stock Deals | Gartner | Market Research | Secondary Offerings |

Market Research Firm Yankee Group Acquired by Alta Communications

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 17, 2005 - 4:01am.
Boston - Yankee Group, a research and advisory firm focused on communications and networking technologies, has been acquired by an investment group led by Alta Communications, a private equity firm, and Emily Nagle Green. Green is a research industry executive who served most recently as CEO of Cambridge Energy Research Associates. In a related move, longtime Yankee Group President and CEO Brian Adamik is stepping down after a transition period to pursue other opportunities. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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