Mouser Electronics Inc. and celebrity engineer Grant Imahara join forces for the fifth consecutive year in this latest edition of the award-winning Empowering Innovation Together series: Engineering Big Ideas. To watch the first video, go to https://youtu.be/VRrqHSJFqlM. This four-part series will explore the process of turning an idea into a product and examine the path to […]
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Dish to Acquire EchoStar’s Broadcast Satellite Business
Dish Network is scooping up more EchoStar assets, announcing Monday plans to acquire the company’s Broadcast Satellite Service (BSS) business in an all-stock deal valued at $800 million. The portion of EchoStar’s business that the satellite pay-TV operator is acquiring manages and provides broadcast satellite services primarily to Dish Network, along with telemetry, tracking, […]
Disney Takes Control of Hulu
Disney has struck a deal with Comcast to take over full control of Hulu, the companies announced Tuesday. Hulu operations are in the sole hands of Disney effective immediately, and the entertainment giant can gain control of Comcast’s 33 percent ownership interest starting in 2024. Under the agreement, by as early as January 2024 Comcast […]
Investment Firms Taking Zayo Private in $14.3B Deal
Zayo is set to become a private company, announcing Wednesday that investment firms Digital Colony and EQT Infrastructure agreed to acquire the communications infrastructure provider in a deal valued at $14.3 billion. The deal, which includes the assumption of $5.9 billion of Zayo’s debt, is expected to close in the first half of 2020. Regulators […]
Sinclair to Buy Fox RSNs for $9.8B, ACA Raises Objections
Sinclair Broadcast Group on Friday announced it struck a deal with Walt Disney to acquire 21 Fox regional sports networks (RSNs) for $9.6 billion. The RSNs are valued at $10.6 billion, when including minority equity interests. Disney agreed to divest the networks in order to get the greenlight from regulators for its $71 billion acquisition […]
Comcast Acquires Deep Blue Communications, Expands Business WiFi Reach
Comcast Business has acquired managed WiFi provider Deep Blue Communications, bolstering the cable operator’s reach in the commercial WiFi arena with managed services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Latham, N.Y.-based Deep Blue provides managed WiFi services for commercial clients, including major hotel brands such as Hilton, Marriot, Wyndham Worldwide Hotel Group, Hyatt, and […]
AT&T Sells Back Hulu Stake, Leaving Comcast and Disney Owners
AT&T has sold its minority stake in Hulu for $1.43 billion, with Comcast and Disney left as the remaining owners of the streaming service. The price tag for AT&T’s 9.5 percent share values Hulu at $15 billion. Disney holds a 60 percent share after closing its $71 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox entertainment […]
Thermal energy harvesting power cells licensed for use in quartz watches
QuantumDrive, LLC has signed an exclusive license with Face International Corporation for the use of Face’s patented Evercell thermal energy harvesting devices in self-powered quartz watches. Evercell power cells provide continuous power to quartz watches for their entire lives, eliminating the need for batteries. This is the first license to Evercell technology that Face has granted. […]
Report: AT&T’s WarnerMedia Selling Hudson Yards Stake for $2 Billion
AT&T’s WarnerMedia has reportedly reached an agreement to sell its stake in the West Manhattan Hudson Yards office tower to project developer Related, for more than $2 billion, according to Bloomberg. As part of the deal, Related would then lease back 1.5 million square feet of space in 30 Hudson Yards to AT&T for WarnerMedia […]
Cable One Scooping up Fidelity Communications for $525 Million
Cable One is purchasing Missouri-based cable operator Fidelity Communications for $525.9 million in an all cash deal. Headquartered in Sullivan, Mo., Fidelity serves residential and business customers across greater Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. The family-owned cable operator provides data, video, and voice services with about 114,000 residential PSUs and 20,000 business PSUs. […]
