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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fabric Acquires BB Media  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ BB Media’s expertise in audience analytics and market intelligence will strengthen Fabric’s data solutions for the media industry ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2pKwGjZuTCk5kcKG6MZ5N9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ateliere Offers $29.7M to Acquire Codemill ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Companies would combine media workflow, content management platforms, powered by AI ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Perifery Acquires Pixitmedia to Expand AI-Powered Media Distribution ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Company says Pixitmedia will broaden Perifery’s connectedmedia workflow capabilities with front-line file system solutions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ DPA Microphones Acquires Austrian Audio ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Deal expands product portfolios for both companies ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:43:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:43:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eKXHKQRsEz3DtD8BD8Mbcf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Heartland Video Systems Buys Videstra ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Purchase folds tools for micro-local IP camera integration into the HVS product lineup ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:30:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Phil Kurz ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B3ZFDoM3w9nKfmUZLTiJyk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Warner Bros. Discovery Restructuring Splits Streaming and Cable Businesses ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Split could spur consolidation by making it easier for the company to sell assets or merge operations with others ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:35:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:56:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pnMQkw9EQF9J9CvCRsBBCf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amagi Acquires Argoid AI  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Specialist in recommendation engines and programming automation for OTT platforms will strengthen Amagi’s product suites ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:05:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Mergers &amp; Acquisitions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zmyxeaKCK8W3nwcsi6XV5S-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bending Spoons To Acquire Brightcove for $233 Million ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Deal brings owner of Evernote and WeTransfer into the enterprise SaaS market and strengthens Brightcove’s streaming technologies ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:12:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Mergers &amp; Acquisitions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZiUGxQdVK5YRPLzcTLNSHd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Connatix, JW Player Ink Merger Deal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The merger will create JWP Connatix with an expansive video technology and monetization platform ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:04:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:04:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ And Then There Was One: DirecTV, Dish to Merge ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Merger, which is expected to get regulatory approval, worth nearly $10B ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:08:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:44:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ tom.butts@futurenet.com (Tom Butts) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Butts ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m7QRjCpUk95vAJ25GwUztm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Verizon Acquires Frontier Communications for $20B ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Acquisition adds nation's 'largest pure-play fiber internet provider' to Verizon's portfolio ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:47:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:41:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ tom.butts@futurenet.com (Tom Butts) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Butts ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FngeZSb2XE222De7uFcbXj-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fabric, Xytech Systems to Merge ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The two companies are targeting the expanding market for data-based media resource management and supply chain-based media production ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:55:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:36:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ tom.butts@futurenet.com (Tom Butts) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Butts ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w5ag6KT6eNoetmhKwUnjwD-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Skydance Merger With Paramount Moves Forward After Bronfman Drops Bid ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Canadian media mogul proposed $4.3B for the company a week ago ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ tom.butts@futurenet.com (Tom Butts) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Butts ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yuDVNm3ewVhyhKPDeaRzo4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bronfman Makes $4.3B Bid for Paramount ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Paramount and its main shareholder had previously accepted a bid from Skydance Media ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Skydance, Paramount to Merge in $8B Deal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Merged venture, named ‘New Paramount’ will be led by  David Ellison as Chairman/CEO and Jeff Shell as President ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Paramount, Skydance Deal Collapses ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Parent company National Amusements has issued a statement saying they were "not been able to reach mutually acceptable terms" ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ DPA Microphones, Wisycom Join Forces to Expand U.S. Presence ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The two professional audio equipment manufacturers are consolidating operations at DPA Microphones’ existing corporate headquarters in Longmont, Colorado ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dolby Signs Deal To Buy GE Licensing ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ GE Licensing’s 5,000 patents include those related to HEVC and VVC video codecs ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:06:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Mergers &amp; Acquisitions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Phil Kurz ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E8Ab89jDcGapbT6nJd9KrE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ CommScope to Buy Cable Business Assets of Casa Systems for $45.1M ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ CommScope won an auction to buy the assets under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ SES Announces Acqusition of Intelsat for $3.1B ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Companies combine in response to increased competition from Musk, Bezos ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:01:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:01:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ tom.butts@futurenet.com (Tom Butts) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Butts ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bcLgjW2KUmx2U5z8hx6hGb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ S&P: Media, Telecom Deals Hit 2022 Low in Dec. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Media and Telecom deals fell 54% in Dec. from a year earlier ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:22:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:43:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AUHEYkoTKDiTK6qn94kwBa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Standard General Launches Website Promoting Pending Tegna Acquisition ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Site offers one-stop source of merger details and industry- supporting comments ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:45:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 16:22:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ tom.butts@futurenet.com (Tom Butts) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Butts ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UmVrA5EucFL67fKVZEFdD9-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ S&P: Tech Deals Hit $584B in 2022 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It was the fourth highest M&A total in the history of the industry according to S&P ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Winslow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uFFYM6gNoZEMLvkWdyWirC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Op-Ed: Standard General-Tegna Merger ‘Absolutely Critical’ to Nation’s Future ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Advocate for deal to acquire Tegna decries 'racial overtones,' FCC delay tactics ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:00:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:56:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ tom.butts@futurenet.com (Tom Butts) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Butts ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kqasDQxxGmyZiMwGC5SKbh-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Groups Tell FCC Tegna-Standard General Merger Will ‘Lead to Further Erosion of Local Media’ ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Common Cause, broadcast unions add that transaction will ‘jack up cable rates’ ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Q1 2019 Sees $5B in Broadcast M&A Deals, Says Kagan ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ First quarter transactions this year are the highest quarterly total since Q2 2007. ]]>
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