[opendtv] Re: Good by to Leitch
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:04:06 -0700
Boy, that amount sounds low, considering that they paid $340 mm for Encoda a
few years back, and considering what Leitch has to offer, and the shape that
Encoda was in at the time. Oddly enough, I had a call into a high-level
Leitch official today, but he wanted me to call back tomorrow, after their
annual general meeting is over.
I guess this means that the Ottawa Teacher's Union (the major investor in
Leitch) did the right thing a few years ago when they replaced upper
management; the dark side was favored for a long time, people putting their
bet on politics and not products and services.
Very interesting, on several levels Harris buying into processing.. I heard
at NAB that Harris no longer does sales calls on singletons -- entities that
own single stations. Maybe they'll use this to cost-effectively sell to all
stations.
It means that Harris is still on an acquisition binge, perhaps the only
company still doing so in the field.. Not a bad thing in my mind, but I
have to pull my punches on this one: I'm a Harris partner.
John Willkie
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From: "Larry Bloomfield" <Larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 2:24 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Good by to Leitch
> Just announced: Harris Corp. bought Leitch for $450 Million. Now what?
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