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

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 31–Excite@Homeand
  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.
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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+

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  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.
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Amount:        
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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-

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  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.
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  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.
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Financial
services

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  SAN DIEGO, Aug. 31–PeopleFirst.com, one of the nation’s
  largest independent online auto loan providers, and giggo.com, a
  division of DaimlerChryslerand 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.
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Amount:        
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Industry:        ISPs/Access
providers

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  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.
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  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.
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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+

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  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.
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