Interactive TV firm in Horsham to be sold
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San Carlos, Calif.-based Liberate Technologies, which makes software for interactive television, will acquire Horsham, Penn.-based MoreCom Inc. for $561 million. MoreCom, which was founded in 1997 by former employees from General Instrument Corp. and Philips Consumer Electronics, offers Internet-based services for television broadcasting firms.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 2000
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Deal to put WorldGate technology into advanced cable boxes
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Trevose, Penn.-based WorldGate Communications Inc. has signed a contract with Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. The deal, in which WorldGate will install its advanced Internet television technology in Motorola Inc.'s cable-TV set-top boxes, was reached at the annual meeting of the National Cable Television Association.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 2000
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V-Span acquires rival videoconferencing firm
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King of Prussia, Penn.-based V-Span Inc., which is a videoconferencing company, has acquired Boulder, Colo.-based Peer Digital Inc. for undisclosed terms. The deal, which will create a merged company with approximately $42 million in annual revenues, will be headquartered in King of Prussia.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 2001
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