MediaCorp, SPH sign deal to merge mass market TV
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Singapore&#39;s largest broadcaster MediaCorp and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) on Friday signed agreements to merge their mass-market television and free newspaper operations in a bid to stem losses.
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HD supplier in $1bn bid to match Seagate and Hitachi Western Digital has bought hard disk media manufacturer Komag, in a $1bn cash deal that sets it on course to go vertically-integrated, like Seagate and Hitachi GST.â¦
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News Corp offers to buy out minority investors in Fox Entertainment Group, its TV and film subsidiary, for about $5.4bn.
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China Network Systems, Taiwan's largest  cable TV operator, has decided to sell itself to MBK Partners,  in a deal expected to fetch up to $1.6 billion, according to  media reports on Monday.
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Media & professional: TV firm gains access to online community of 15m.
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Rugby in New Zealand South Africa and Australia is set for a massive windfall after a new broadcasting rights deal was struck between SANZAR and News Limited.
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Business & money: Guardian owner GMG and Apax seal deal with raised offer of media empire
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Sprint Corp. and cable television provider Mediacom Communications Corp. announced an agreement Wednesday that will allow Sprint to offer Internet telephone service to Mediacom&#39;s 2.7 million household subscribers.
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--MediaCorp and Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. (T39.SG) Tuesday said they will shut down an English language TV station and lay off 132 employees ahead of a merger of their mass market TV and free newspaper operations.
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US software giant Microsoft has agreed to buy a stake in major television maker Sichuan Changhong Electric for 94.1 million yuan (12.3 million dollars), the Chinese firm said Monday.
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World Championship  Sports Network, which touts itself as the premier destination  for fans of Olympic and lifestyle sports year round, has signed  a distribution deal with Granite Broadcasting Corp.
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The pair announce their five-year pact to share content and partner on advertising ventures.
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Microsoft and entertainment broadcaster Viacom have agreed to a five-year deal to share content and partner on advertising initiatives, the companies announced Wednesday.It&#39;s the latest agreement between content and technology companies seeking to make money by mixing premium content with advertising on the Web. The two companies valued the deal at $500 million.Microsoft will have a nonexclusive license to use TV programs and other content from Viacom, which owns MTV Networks, Comedy Central, BET (Black Entertainment Television) and Paramount Pictures, among others. The content will appear on Microsoft&#39;s MSN Web site, as well as through its Internet-connected XBox 360 games system.Viacom will also use Microsoft&#39;s Atlas AdManager digital advertising technology for its U.S. Web sites. The technology came from&#160;Microsoft&#39;s $6 billion acquisition of aQuantive, which was completed in August. AdManager can serve graphical and video ads on Web sites and has ad reporting and management features.Microsoft will also have an exclusive right to sell some display advertising inventory on Viacom&#39;s sites, and both companies will share the revenue.Microsoft and Viacom previously worked together on MTV&#39;s&#160;Urge digital music store, which was closed&#160;in August after low interest.In March,&#160;Viacom filed a $1 billion suit against Google&#39;s YouTube&#160;video service for displaying clips the network owns that were posted by users without permission.&#160;
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Gemstar-TV Guide and Hitachi announce a multiyear deal to bring program guides to digital TVs.
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IPTV and advanced media services companies Auroras Entertainment, LLC and Broadstream Communications, Inc. have signed a Letter of Intent to merge following shareholder approval.  The name of the combined entity will be Avail Media, Inc. ("Avail").
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The merger, which was officially announced today, would create the world's largest consumer products conglomerate.
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Business & money: Companies reach agreement on UK network-sharing deal expected to reduce number of mast sites