Google to buy video compression firm

Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu · 2009-08-06T20:17:37+00:00

On2 helps shrink video files so they can be sent more easily across the Web updated 10:34 a.m. ET Aug. 5, 2009 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google says it plans to acquire On2 Technologies, a provider of digital video compression technology, in an all-stock deal valued at $106.5 million. On2 helps shrink video files so they can be sent more easily across the Web, an increasingly important technology as the volume of online video grows rapidly. Mountain View, Calif.-based Google, which owns the popular video sharing site YouTube, says On2 shareholders will receive 60 cents worth of Google class A common shares for each outstanding share of On2 they hold. That represents a 57 percent premium to the Clifton Park, N.Y., company's closing price Tuesday. Sundar Pichai, Google's vice president for product management said Wednesday in a statement, "Today video is an essential part of the Web experience, and we believe high-quality video compression technology should be a part of the Web platform." Google expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter.

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Start date Aug 6, 2009

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