Today’s Deals: Excite Buys Multi-User E-Games Provider

 Excite@Home (ATHM) acquires pogo.com

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C+

REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 31–Excite@Home and
pogo.com announced a definitive agreement in which Excite@Home will acquire pogo.com, an online games provider for the
mass market, for an undisclosed amount. The pogo.com multi-user online
games environment will be leveraged as a key asset of Excite@Home’s
broadband TV initiative, where consumers will be able to play online games
as part of the advanced TV experience. pogo.com’s commanding position in
the narrowband online games market will also facilitate the migration of
consumers to the broadband and set-top platforms.




 

 Cisco Systems (CSCO) to acquire
PixStream

  
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Amount:         $369
million

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      B+

SAN JOSE, Aug. 31–Cisco Systems
announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately
held PixStream of Waterloo, Canada. PixStream is a provider of hardware and
software solutions to distribute and manage digital video across all types
of broadband networks. The acquisition supports Cisco’s vision to accelerate broadband
deployments and build networks that enable service providers to offer data,
voice and video services to businesses and consumers. Cisco common stock
worth an aggregate value of approximately $369 million will be exchanged
for all outstanding shares and options of PixStream.




 

 Engage (ENGA) acquires Space Asia Media
Limited

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Advertising/Marketing

  
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Scorecard:      B-

ANDOVER, Mass., Aug. 31–Engage , a
results-oriented online marketing company and majority-owned operating
company of CMGI , announced it has acquired
Space Asia Media Limited (Space), a leading independent Internet
marketing network in Asia, in an all stock transaction. Through its online
ad network, Space represents 270
leading Asian Web publishers and serves over 140 million ad impressions per
month. Space will change its name to Engage Asia. Other terms of the deal
were not disclosed.




 

 Usinternetworking (USIX) acquires
EnableVision

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 31–Usinternetworking , an
Application Service Provider (ASP) delivering e-commerce and enterprise
software as a service, announced that it has acquired EnableVision,
a systems integration firm that provides end-to-end Lawson implementation
services to companies throughout the United States. The acquisition grows
USinternetworking’s Lawson-specific
implementation expertise for its total-responsibility iMAP (Internet
Managed Application Provider) services. Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed.




 

 PeopleFirst.com to acquire giggo.com

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Financial
services

  
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Scorecard:      B

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 31–PeopleFirst.com, one of the nation’s
largest independent online auto loan providers, and giggo.com, a
division of DaimlerChrysler and an online
automotive financing site, announced that they have agreed to combine PeopleFirst.com and giggo.com. Under the terms of the
agreement, PeopleFirst.com will acquire all of the outstanding shares of
giggo.com from DaimlerChrysler for a 23% common stock equity interest in
the combined company.




 

 America Online (AOL) acquires
Quack.com

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        ISPs/Access
providers

  
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Scorecard:      B

DULLES, Va., Aug. 31–America Online , a
leading interactive services company, announced its acquisition of
Quack.com, a voice portal company that uses simple spoken commands
over a telephone to provide consumers with convenient access to online
information on subjects like stocks, traffic, weather, movies, and sports.
Quack.com’s technology will help extend
the AOL experience beyond the PC, enabling
its users the ability to turn any wireless or home or office phone into a
robust AOL access device. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read
analysis of this deal in Kelly Black’s

DealTracker.




 

 Digital Bridge (DGBI) acquires
OTVnet

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      C

BURLINGAME, Aug. 31–Digital Bridge , a
global e-business Builder, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire
Online Television Network Services (OTVnet) which designs and
develops benefits-specific Internet sites for multi-employer union
pension/health and welfare trusts organizations. Digital Bridge will supply OTVnet with the ‘next generation engine’
and IT strategy resources required for rapid expansion and growth. Terms of
the acquisition were not disclosed.




 

 Fly Networks (ULAB) acquires
ThinCompute.com

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C+

FORT LAUDERDALE, Aug. 31–Fly Networks, formerly USLab.com
, announces the acq

uisition of ThinCompute.com, an
integrated applications platform for the small and medium sized business
market. With this acquisition, Fly
Networks, an Internet “Echo Net” of globally branded media properties
and aggregated content distributed primarily through the World Wide Web,
will leverage the delivery of ThinCompute’s core technology
platform that includes a suite of personal and business applications that
can be accessed over the Internet from any location in the world. Terms of
the deal were not disclosed.