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Arris to Acquire Tandberg Television for $1.2 Billion

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 16, 2007 - 11:26am.

Atlanta - Arris, an Atlanta-based communications technology company specializing in broadband networks, announced on Tuesday that it plans to acquire Tandberg Television, a U.K.-based provider of digital video delivery networks.

tags: Deals | Advertising | VOD | HDTV | Acquisitions | IPTV | Tandberg | Arris |

Career Moves: November 13, 2006

Authored by dmw on November 13, 2006 - 10:48am.
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Apple Computer announced on Monday that it has hired IBM veteran Donald Rosenberg as the firm’s new Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Rosenberg will report to CEO Steve Jobs. Apple's general counsel position has been vacant since May, when Nancy Heinen resigned without explanation.
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Tandberg, AT&T to Beam Texas H.S. Football Game to U.S. Troops

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 3, 2006 - 1:14pm.
Oslo, Norway - Norway-based video system developer Tandberg announced on Friday that it teamed with the Freedom Calls Foundation and AT&T to deliver the broadcast of a Texas high school football game live to U.S. soldiers stationed at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq.
tags: Sports | Video | Broadband | Military | AT&T | Football | Norway | Tandberg | High School | FCF |

NBC, Tandberg Television Team on Interactive Emmy Awards Telecast

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2006 - 1:08pm.
Burbank, Calif. - NBC announced on Friday that it has partnered with interactive TV firm Tandberg Television to offer a number of interactive features for this weekend's 58th Primetime Emmy Awards telecast.
tags: Video | TV | Broadband | Emmys | Awards | IPTV | NBC | Tandberg |

Tandberg TV Acquires SkyStream Networks for $80 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 9, 2006 - 3:42am.
Southampton, U.K. - Tandberg Television, a provider of digital video delivery technology to networks and distributors, has acquired SkyStream Networks, a provider of Internet video delivery technology, for $80 million. Founded in 1996, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based SkyStream employs 100 people and posted 2005 revenues of $30.7 million. U.K.-based Tandberg said the deal will allow it to expand its technology offering for IPTV with the addition of SkyStream's 300 customers, which include Reuters, Comcast, Clear Channel and EchoStar Communications.
tags: Acquire | SkyStream | Tandberg | $80 Million |

Tandberg Television Buys N2 Broadband for $117 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 8, 2005 - 3:01am.
London -- Tandberg Television, a U.K.-based video compression firm, announced on Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of N2 Broadband, an on-demand digital multimedia firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. Under the terms of the acquisition, Tandberg will pay approximately $117 million in cash and shares. Moreover, N2 Broadband CEO Reggie Bradford will become president of Tandberg Television, and the newly merged company will be headquartered in Atlanta. "The N2 Broadband acquisition significantly accelerates the growth opportunities for both companies," said Tandberg President and CEO Eric Cooney. "For Tandberg Television, the addition of N2 Broadband immediately provides us with increased market presence in North America, as well as giving us new products that dovetail with our existing solutions to provide the world's most advanced open VOD systems." On completion of the deal, the entire N2 Broadband business will be integrated into Tandberg Television and use its name in all markets, Cooney said.
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U.K.'s Tandberg to Acquire VOD Firm N2 Broadband for $110 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 17, 2004 - 9:04am.
Southampton, England -- Tandberg Television, a U.K.-based provider of professional video compression and TV delivery systems, announced on Friday that it has agreed to acquire Atlanta-based N2 Broadband, a provider of video-on-demand (VOD) delivery technology. Tandberg will tender between $110 million and $130 million in cash and shares for N2 Broadband in a deal that is expected to close in the first quarter of 2005. Tandberg is the primary supplier of video compression technology for European cable TV operators, while N2 Broadband's VOD systems are employed in the U.S. by cable TV providers and producers including Comcast, Charter, Cox, Adelphia, Time Warner, HBO and Starz-Encore. The deal is expected to help expand Tandberg's video compression technologies into the North American market while adding N2 Broadband's video-on-demand systems as an option for Tandberg's European and Asian cable TV and IPTV customers.
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