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The deal values DreamWorks at approximately $3.8 billion and implies a 27 percent premium to the stock's Wednesday closing price of $32.20.

Amazon is going to war with Netflix.
The online-retail giant is letting customers subscribe to its video-streaming service by itself for the first time, CNN Money reports — creating a standalone service that acts as a direct competitor to Netflix.

A Chinese consortium has made a $1.2 billion offer to purchase the Norwegian browser company Opera.

Harmonic announced its intention to acquire Thomson Video Networks (“TVN”), a compression solution provider based in France. 

Dell has offered $27.25 per share to acquire EMC, which has a market cap of approximately $50 billion, according to a report.

Among consumers who have cut the pay-TV cord within the last two years but who express any interest in returning to pay-TV, two out of five (39%) say sports channels are a reason to return, according to new survey by Frank N. Magid Associates.

95% of consumers using catch up services are unwilling to allow media companies to share their personal data with a third party, according to the findings of the KPMG Media Tracker.

Global IPTV STB company Amino Technologies has conditionally agreed to acquire Entone for a total of USD 73.0 million, or GBP 46.7 million. Amino said that Entone, a provider of cloud TV and connected home products, will help increase its global footprint and scale and consolidate a direct competitor. Amino expects EBIT synergies of GBP 1.0 million in first full year of ownership.

OTT video service credential sharing will cost the industry $500 million in direct revenues worldwide in 2015, according to new research from Parks Associates.

US cable company Charter Communications officially announced Tuesday that it’s buying Time Warner Cable, with a far more generous offer than the botched attempt by Comcast that unravelled in April.

Acquisition enhances Imagine Communications’ end-to-end video distribution capability with Dynamic Ad Insertion, Just-in-Time Packaging and Cloud DVR Technology.

More than six in ten (62%) UK households pay for TV, spending an average of £33 per month, according to new research from price comparison service uSwitch.com.

Worldwide ultra-HD capable set-top box shipments will reach 48 million by 2020, while the market for HEVC set-top boxes—the next-generation of video compression technology—will rise even further to 88 million units.

Samsung Electronics announced its plans to further expand its UHD ecosystem by working with global content partners to help accelerate consumer adoption and access to UHD content.

Nine out of 10 Britons still regularly watch linear TV on the main screen, while 85% prefer the TV to other screens available to them, according to research commissioned by playout technology provider Broadstream Solutions.