Heilind Electronics will be hosting its next Tech Expo in Houston, Texas on April 4. At the event, attendees will have the opportunity to interact directly with representatives from over 25 of the leading component manufacturers in the electronic components industry. Heilind supports all market segments with its commercial and MIL-SPEC interconnect, electromechanical and sensor offerings. […]
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US Appeals Court Clears AT&T’s $81B Purchase of Time Warner
A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner, rejecting the Trump administration’s claims that the $81 billion deal will harm consumers and reduce competition in the TV industry. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington came in the high-stakes competition case, approving one of the biggest media marriages […]
Amazon to Buy Wi-Fi Device Maker Eero
Amazon is buying Wi-Fi device maker Eero, helping the online retailer expand its line of smart home gadgets. Eero, founded in San Francisco five years ago, sells $200 devices that can spread Wi-Fi throughout a home. Rival Google already sells similar devices. Seattle-based Amazon did not say how much it is paying for Eero. The […]
Fox Not Planning to Bid on RSNs
‘New’ Fox does not intend to bid for any of the 22 regional sports networks that Disney is divesting, the company said in an SEC filling Friday. Disney is acquiring most of 21st Century Fox entertainment assets in a $71.3 billion deal, but is required to sell off the Fox RSNs within 90 days of […]
Master Electronics adds Advanced Thermal Solutions to line card
Master Electronics, a leading global distributor of electromechanical, interconnect and passive components, adds Advanced Thermal Solutions to the line card. Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS) has been in business for more than 25 years as a leading-edge engineering and manufacturing company focused on the thermal management of electronics Says ATS’ Steve Nolan, “There is a […]
Gray Wraps up Raycom Acquisition
Gray Television has closed its $3.6 billion purchase of Raycom Media, along with the sale of nine TV stations as a condition for regulatory approval of the deal. With the addition of Raycom assets, Gray now owns the number one or two TV station in 85 markets, according to Comscore. The combined company is the […]
Windstream Sells Off EarthLink Consumer Internet Unit for $330M
Windstream has sold the EarthLink consumer internet business to a private equity firm, in a move the company says helps narrow focus to its two largest business units. Windstream picked up the legacy consumer segment as part of its merger with EarthLink in February 2017. Dallas-based buyer Trive Capital paid $330 million in cash for […]
Master Electronics adds Grayhill to line card
Master Electronics has added Grayhill to the line card. Grayhill designs and manufacturers intuitive human interface solutions and offers standard products that include optical encoders, rotary switches, keypads, joysticks and pushbuttons — all with finely tuned haptics. Master Electronics’ Director – Product Development, Paul Aspiras, stated, “I am intrigued with this engagement as Grayhill’s unique private entity profile mirrors our own. There […]
DOJ Gives Gray-Raycom Deal Greenlight on Condition of Station Sell-Offs
The Department of Justice has said Gray Television and Raycom Media’s proposed $3.6 billion deal can move ahead, as long as the companies divest TV stations in nine local markets where the two currently compete against each other head-to-head. “Without the required divestitures, Gray’s merger with Raycom threatens serious competitive harm to cable subscribers […]
Conviva Social Insights Offers Social Video Intelligence Solution for Streaming TV
Conviva, a real-time measurement and intelligence platform for streaming TV, recently announced its acquisition of Delmondo, a provider of social video analytics. This acquisition will merge real-time, census-level streaming TV intelligence from different apps and the web with content from social media platforms. With Conviva Social Insights, streaming TV publishers can create social video content […]