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Verizon Buys Yahoo: 8 Things You Need to Know

Yahoo Inc might be rewieving Verizon Communications Inc final bids to buy its core business for US$5 billion.The deal would boost Verizon’s AOL internet business and give the company access to Yahoo’s advertising technology tools, as well other assets such as search, mail, messenger and real estate.

AT&T Enters Programmatic TV, Partners with Videology

AT&T is about to enter the world of programmatic TV with the launch of automated, self-service private marketplace Video Inventory Platform (VIP), a data-optimized TV and video planning tool.VIP is one of the first major ad products AT&T has released since its US$49 billion merger last year with DirecTV.

Deezer acquires mostly Hispanic targeted Muve Music Service from Cricket (AT&T)

France-based music streaming service Deezer, which competes with Spotify, has acquired the assets of Muve music from Cricket, the wireless carrier acquired by AT&T in 2014 for US$1.2 billion, and it will now partner with AT&T to sell Deezer music services to Cricket subscribers. Terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed.

The Chernin Group and AT&T join forces to create a New Online Venture

AT&T along with The Chernin Group, which manages and invests in media businesses around the world, have announced the formation of a venture to acquire, invest in and launch over-the-top (OTT) video services. Both companies have jointly invested over US $500 million in funding to the venture.