Tag Archives: acquisition

Sprint has agreed to buy T-Mobile for $32 billion according to Reuters. The deal has not been announced by the companies yet and the information comes from unnamed sources. The U.S. only has four major carriers at the moment, but if this deal goes through and is approved by regulators there will only be three. Softbank owns Sprint and two-thirds of ...

Justin.tv announced that they’re going to delete all archived videos next week. They are also killing the Premium account option and the ability to record live video streams. According to the company, people just don’t watch recorded videos that much. They say that more than half  are never watched while the most popular are watched only 10 times or fewer. This seems ...

According to TechCrunch, a reliable source has confirmed that the Apple Beats (Beats by Apple?) deal “is happening”. Although no official announcement has been made yet, the source claims that Apple’s acquisition of Beats is almost certain at this point. The article also says that the company is more interested in the talent than the technology. “They want Jimmy and they want Dre,” the ...

According to a Redcode report, Twitter seems to be interested in purchasing SoundCloud, the popular online audio distribution platform. The deal is not yet confirmed and details are still scarce at this time, but “people familiar with both companies” claim that it’s bound to happen. This wouldn’t be the first time Twitter has shown an interest in music, but if ...

According to “sources familiar with the pact”, Youtube is planning to buy the popular video game streaming platform Twitch for more than $1 billion. This rumor surfaced earlier on Variety, a weekly entertainment-trade magazine. The deal will supposedly be announced very soon and is said to be the most significant acquisition in the history of Youtube. The ever so popular video ...