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Mascoma Corporation, an innovative biofuels company, today announced the acquisition of SunOpta BioProcess Inc. (SBI), a division of SunOpta Inc. (Nasdaq: STKL) (TSX: SOY). This combination brings together the world-leading fiber preparation and pretreatment technologies of SBI and the world-leading consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) technology of Mascoma, to create a company with comprehensive capabilities for converting non-food cellulose (wood chips, energy crops and organic solid waste) into ethanol and high value co-products.
ViewCast Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VCST), a developer of industry-leading solutions for the transformation, management and delivery of digital media over enterprise, broadband, and mobile networks, today unveiled a new feature for its ViewCast Media Platform (VMp™) that will enable VMp users to automate the distribution of video content to Brightcove's leading cloud-based, online video platform. The integration with Brightcove ensures that users can quickly and easily transfer video content from VMp to the Brightcove platform with minimal manual administration, dramatically streamlining content distribution workflows.
Mascoma Corp. is acquiring a division of Canada's SunOpta Inc. for $51 million, hoping to pair the companies' biofuels expertise to more efficiently convert wood chips, crops and organic solid waste into ethanol.
Apple unveiled its updated TV set-top box today, with new streaming functionality and 99-cent TV rentals from ABC and Fox. The offering represents Apple’s second attempt at capturing some of the online video market. Unlike the previous offering, this incarnation of the Apple TV comes at a lower price point — $99 compared to $229 –which should make it more attractive to consumers.