Ericsson announces agreement to acquire Envivio
- Acquisition extends Ericsson`s leadership position in TV and Media as a global end-to-end solution provider to enable customers to engage TV consumers every day
- Ericsson to strengthen video compression position with combination of software and hardware encoding
- Will bring deep competence in software-defined and cloud-enabled architectures for video processing, enhancing Ericsson`s virtualized encoding approach
Ericsson (ERIC) today announced its agreement to acquire Envivio (ENVI), by means of a tender offer for a price of USD 4.10 per share in cash, or approximately USD 125 million in the aggregate. The acquisition will strengthen Ericsson as a global innovator in enabling customers to deploy new technologies and agile video processing to innovate new services that engage TV consumers every day.
- Published: 10 September 2015
- Written by Editor