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Nielsen has partnered with healthcare audiences provider Swoop, auto insights specialist Polk, and ad and MarTech company Epsilon to expand its audiences portfolio, which includes its Audience Planner and Advanced Audience Posting tools. More
S&P Global and IHS Markit have agreed to sell chemical sector pricing data and forecasting business Base Chemicals to media and information services giant News Corp, for $295m in cash. More
Comscore has partnered with the Polk Automotive Solutions division of information and analytics firm IHS Markit to offer programmatic cookie-free audience targets for in-market auto shoppers. More
In the US, media and information services company News Corp is to buy the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) and related assets from S&P Global and IHS Markit for $1.15 billion in cash. More
UK market research budgets were revised down in the latest quarter, according to the latest IPA Bellwether Report - extending the negative trend seen since the third quarter of 2015. However, the latest MR budget reduction was the 'softest' in two years. More
Nielsen has partnered with information and analytics firm IHS Markit to integrate data from the latter company's automotive research specialist Polk Automotive Solutions into its audience and outcomes measurement solutions. More
UK advertising budgets for market research fell during the first quarter of 2021, although the most recent IPA Bellwether report found that this latest result marks the 'softest reduction' since the final quarter of 2019. More
UK market research budgets fell in the fourth quarter of 2020, with 34% of firms reporting a decrease and only 11.4% a rise - according to the latest IPA Bellwether Report. More
In the US, data-driven TV ad sales and tech platform Ampersand has partnered with sector specialist Polk Automotive Solutions, to offer auto brands access to new vehicle buyers for use in their TV campaigns. More
TV measurement and analytics company 605 has announced new data partnerships with Catalina, PlaceIQ and Polk Automotive Solutions by IHS Markit, combining ad exposure and content viewership with consumer behavior and business outcomes on a 'massive scale'. More
In the US, software company Hudson MX has partnered with Comscore to enable local TV advertisers to buy inventory against automotive audiences from IHS Markit (formerly Polk), at scale. More
Information and analytics firm IHS Markit has exchanged its Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) intelligence business for the Agribusiness Intelligence group which was previously part of publishing, information and events group Informa. More
US-based energy and environment intelligence specialist IHS Markit has acquired automotiveMastermind, a provider of predictive analytics and marketing automation software for the US automotive industry. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
Health economics data specialist Context Matters and analyst IHS Markit have linked up to launch PriceCurrents, a global pricing tool for the pharmaceutical industry. More
US-based energy and environment information giant IHS has announced it will merge with financial data company Markit. The all-share transaction is a mega-merger for the sector with an estimated equity value of more than $13 billion. More
US-based energy and environment intelligence specialist IHS has agreed to acquire Oil Price Information Service (OPIS), which reports prices for the oil, natural gas and biofuels industries, for $650m. More
US-based energy and environment intelligence specialist IHS has transferred Chairman Jerre Stead to the role of Chief Executive Officer, following a mutual decision between the company and President & CEO Scott Key to 'end their relationship'. More
US-based information and analytics firm IHS has acquired Aberdeen, Scotland-based Rushmore Reviews, which provides information services for the oil and gas industry. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
US-based information and analytics firm IHS has acquired Infonetics Research, which specializes in research for the global communications technology market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
US-based information and analytics firm IHS has continued its acquisition strategy with an agreement to buy maritime business intelligence firm JOC Group from parent company AXIO Data Group. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. More
US-based information and analytics firm IHS is to acquire two subsidiary firms from retail researcher the NPD Group: flat-panel display specialist DisplaySearch and solar energy MR business Solarbuzz. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
US-based information and analytics firm IHS has launched a resource for global chemical pricing data, market intelligence and metrics. Supporting analysis will be provided in the form of four daily reports. More
In the UK, analytics firm IHS has acquired Guildford-based chemical market insight and consulting firm PCI Acrylonitrile, for an undisclosed sum. More
US-based information and analytics firm IHS has returned to the acquisition trail with the purchase of merchandise trade data provider Global Trade Information Services (GTI). More
US firm IHS, the new owner of automotive researcher R.L. Polk, has reported results for the quarter ended February 28th 2014, with revenue up 37 percent to $524m, including organic revenue growth of around 5 percent. More
US information provider IHS has announced quarterly revenue up 35 percent to $560m, and EBITDA up 21.5 percent to $170m. In addition, its Automotive division, the new home of R.L.Polk, has a new partnership with consultancy Strategic Vision. More
Former investors in automotive researcher R.L. Polk & Co. have launched a putative class action claiming that the company's controlling shareholders gave them insufficient information at the time of a 2011 share buyback program. More
US information and analytics firm IHS has continued its acquisition spree and strengthened its own chemical business in Latin America by purchasing petrochemicals market intelligence specialist Intellichem. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
US information and analytics firm IHS is to acquire PFC Energy, which provides information, insight, and analytical products and services to the oil and gas sector. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
US information and analytics firm IHS Inc is to acquire automotive research specialist R.L. Polk & Co. for $1.4bn. The deal will be funded 10% by equity and the remainder in cash. More
US information and analytics provider IHS has announced that current President and COO Scott Key will assume the role of President and Chief Executive Officer on June 1, when Chairman and CEO Jerre Stead will move into the role of Executive Chairman. More
US information and analytics provider IHS has made its sixth acquisition so far this year, paying around $40m for semantic research technology provider Invention Machine. More
US information and analytics provider IHS has received the go-ahead from the Federal Trade Commission to proceed with its $135m acquisition of engineering information resource GlobalSpec - its fifth buy this year. More
US information and analytics provider IHS has bought UK-based IMS Research, which conducts market research for the global electronics industry. The deal, which is IHS's fourth acquisition in less than a month - is valued at approximately $46m. More
Risk analysis company IHS Inc. has completed the acquisition of three companies, for a total of about $45 million. They include flat panel display market research specialist Displaybank. More
US energy and environment intelligence specialist IHS Inc. has reported a 27% increase in revenue for the fourth quarter, to $371m, with organic growth of 9.4 percent; and a 25% rise (8.7% organic) in revenue for the year ended November 30, 2011, to $1.326 billion. More
In the US, energy and environment intelligence specialist IHS Inc. has acquired global advisory and market research firm Purvin & Gertz, which works with clients in the petroleum refining, natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil and petrochem industries. Terms were not disclosed. More
Energy and environment intelligence specialist IHS has announced the acquisition of ODS-Petrodata (ODSP), which provides information about the offshore energy sector. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. More
In China, US citizen Dr Xue Feng has appealed against an eight year prison sentence imposed on him by the Beijing High People's Court, for obtaining market research data about China's oil industry that it says contains state secrets. More
IHS Inc. has completed its c.$95 million acquisition of technology supply chain expert iSuppli Corporation. More
In the US, IHS - which provides intelligence on the energy and environment sectors - has acquired technology research specialist iSuppli in a deal reported to be valued at around $95m. More
In the US, IHS – which provides intelligence on the energy and environment sectors – has acquired Emerging Energy Research for around $18m. More
US analysis firm Global Insight is to be acquired by HIS, which provides information and insight on the energy and security markets, the environment and product lifecycles. More
Pharmaceutical and healthcare research giant IMS Health has acquired analytics and technology firm MIHS Holdings, Inc, which has two subsidiaries – IHS and MedInitiatives. More
US technology research firm Yankee Group has changed hands for the second time in two years. Emily Nagle Green, formerly MD of Forrester, is taking over the company, in a deal backed by private equity firm Alta Communications. Current CEO Brian Adamik is standing down after ten years with the company. More
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