M&A Deal Summary

Tivo Acquires Gemstar-TV Guide International

On May 2, 2008, Tivo acquired marketing company Gemstar-TV Guide International

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Tivo’s 1st transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is Tivo’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Tivo’s 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-05-02
Target Gemstar-TV Guide International
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) Tivo
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Gemstar-TV Guide International

Santa Clara, California, United States
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. provides digital entertainment advertising platform for advertisers.

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Buyer

Tivo

San Jose, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1983
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees1,700
Revenue 696M USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION

Tivo Corporation provides guidance technology, entertainment data, copy protection, industry standard networking and media management technology for digital entertainment devices and services. Rovi was formed in 1983 and is based in San Carlos, California. Tivo was founded in 1983 and is based in San Jose, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 13
Sector: Marketing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 12
State: California M&A 3 of 10
Country: United States M&A 5 of 13
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-01 Flexera

Itasca, Illinois, United States

Flexera is a provider of strategic software solutions for application usage management. The Company's solutions help clients deliver continuous compliance optimized usage and maximized value to application producers and their customers. Flexera was founded in 1987 and is based in Itasca, Illinois.

Sell $200M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-16 TV Guide Online Holdings

New York, New York, United States

TV Guide Magazine is one of the most popular magazines in the country with over 13 million weekly readers, and for more than 60 years has been the premier source for entertainment news, reviews and information about television programs.

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