Tuesday, May 31, 2011

THIS WEEK IN CONTENT DEALS


Companies Details
RealD, Samsung 3D projection technology developer RealD inked a deal with Samsung to create a new 3D display for televisions and computer monitors.
Netflix, Miramax Netflix signed a new multi-year streaming deal with film company Miramax that will add “hundreds” of Miramax movies to Netflix’s catalog starting in June.
Microsoft, Facebook Microsoft partnered with Facebook to further integrate Facebook with its Bing search engine, by displaying stories and sites “liked” by users’ friends on its results pages.
Nintendo, Best Buy  Nintendo inked a deal partnering with retailer Best Buy to offer customizable Nintendo 3DS downloadable content to customers via Wi-Fi in Best Buy stores.


Companies Details
StackMob, Trinity Ventures, Baseline Ventures, Harrison Metal Cloud-based mobile application development provider StackMob secured $7.5 million in new financing from Trinity Ventures, Baseline Ventures and Harrison Metal.
Dealfind, Insight Venture Partners, Ontario Venture Capital, Georgian Partners Canadian local daily deals site Dealfind landed $31 million in a round of funding led by Insight Venture Partners, Ontario Venture Capital Fund and Georgian Partners.
Simfy, NRW Bank,
Klaus Wecken,
Earlybird, Dumont Venture  
German-based streaming music service Simfy scored $14 million in new financing from previous backers NRW Bank, Klaus Wecken, Earlybird and Dumont Venture.
BlackArrow, Time Warner Cable, Comcast Interactive Capital, Intel Capital, NDS, Motorola Mobility, Polaris Venture Partners, Cisco Systems  Targeted ad platform provider for video-on-demand systems BlackArrow closed a $27 million Round C of funding led by Time Warner Cable, with Comcast Interactive Capital, Intel Capital, NDS, Motorola Mobility, Polaris Venture Partners and Cisco Systems also participating.
LinkedIn  Business-oriented social networking site LinkedIn raised the expected price of its planned initial public offering (IPO) by 30 percent, which means that the IPO could potentially raise over $341 million.
EnQii Holdings, Digital Signage, Jerusalem Partners, Amadeus Capital, Wellington Partners, Aviv Ventures Digital signage software companies EnQii Holdings and Digital Signage partnered on a deal to merge the two companies, with financial assistance from Jerusalem Partners, with participation from prior shareholders Amadeus Capital, Wellington Partners and Aviv Ventures.
TuneSat LLC, General Electric Pension Trust Audio technology company that aids music rights holders in collecting performance royalties TuneSat LLC received $6 million in a round of new funding led by General Electric Pension Trust with participation from previous backers.

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