Today's Deals: ACTV Lights the Bottle Rocket

 ACTV (IATV) acquires Bottle Rocket

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Content/Communities

   *  Scorecard:      B

NEW YORK, Aug. 21--ACTV announced that it has acquired Bottle Rocket, a New York City-based developer and distributor of interactive entertainment products for the Internet. Bottle Rocket, which will retain its name and operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of ACTV, creates online entertainment based on proprietary technology engines for trivia, prediction, simulation, arcade-style, and multi-player games. The acquisition adds new features to ACTV's stable of proprietary enhanced media technologies and makes its an immediate leader in online interactive games. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

 

 Razorfish (RAZF) acquires Medialab AG

   *  Amount:    &nbs