acquisition

• Vimeo To Acquire Livestream, Launches ‘Vimeo Live’ Pro Broadcasting Product
• Facebook’s Acquisition Of Rights Management Company Could Be Big For Its Anti-Piracy Efforts

  Facebook has acquired a startup called Source3, which runs a tool that resembles YouTube's Content ID rights management system.

  
• Ad Giant Dentsu Aegis Acquires Majority Stake In Digital Talent Management Firm Gleam Futures

  Gleam Futures reps some of the top YouTubers on earth, including Zoella, the Pixiwoo sisters, Marcus Butler, and Caspar Lee.

  
• Snap Acquires Ad Measurement Startup ‘Placed’ In $125 Million Deal (Report)

  Snap Inc. has purchased Placed, a six-year-old startup that measures what impact digital advertising campaigns have on offline purchases.

  
• Kickstarter Acquires The Company That Built Its Live Streaming Platform
• Digital Studio Gunpowder & Sky Snags A Sundance Premiere Called ‘The Little Hours’
• Chinese Video Streaming Giant iQiyi Reportedly Planning $1 Billion IPO
• CNN Acquires Casey Neistat’s Beme App To Launch New Standalone Media Brand
• Hulu Acquires The Video Genome Project To Improve Content Recommendations
• Vessel To Close Service At Month’s End Following Acquisition By Verizon
• AT&T Reportedly In Talks To Acquire Time Warner In Year’s Biggest Media Deal
• Video Distribution Service Vemba Acquires Social Media Publishing Platform Epoxy