Microsoft Gets Green Light to Buy Activision
Bloomberg Tech
Bloomberg
4.4 • 69 Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde breaks down the ramifications of Microsoft winning US court approval to move forward with its $69 billion dollar deal for Activision Blizzard. Plus, Ed Ludlow reports live from Sun Valley, Idaho as billionaires descend on the mountains for their annual gathering.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Join global business leaders and investors at the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit, returning to Singapore on July 31st. |
| 0:09.0 | Take part in solutions driven discussions on how to drive business value and unlock opportunity |
| 0:14.8 | while remaining nimble in times of change and greater ESG accountability. |
| 0:19.5 | Learn more at Bloomberg Live.com slash sustainablebiz Singapore. That's Bloomberg Live.com slash Sustainable Biz Singapore. |
| 0:24.0 | That's Bloomberg Live.com slash sustainable Biz Singapore. |
| 0:28.0 | From the heart of where innovation, money and power collide in Silicon Valley and beyond, |
| 0:37.0 | this is Bloomberg Technology with Caroline Hyde and Ed Lududd. Loa. I'm Caroline Hyde at Bloomberg's well-take quarters in New York. |
| 0:57.0 | Ed Ludlow, he's on assignment in Sun Valley. |
| 1:00.0 | This is the Bloomberg technology. |
| 1:01.0 | Coming up, Microsoft wins US Court approval to move forward with its |
| 1:04.3 | $69 billion deal for Activision Blizzard. We'll discuss the next steps of the FTC |
| 1:09.0 | faces a loss in blocking the biggest ever gaming deal. |
| 1:13.0 | Plus Amazon Prime Day kicks off, shoppers expected to spend upwards of $13 billion. |
| 1:17.0 | Well, break down. What to expect from the e-commerce giant? |
| 1:20.0 | And we go live to Ed Ludlow in Sun Valley, Idaho. |
| 1:23.6 | Billionaires also descend on the mountains for their annual gathering. |
| 1:26.7 | We'll break down what to expect as artificial intelligence, the future is streaming, |
| 1:30.4 | and of course, those massive gaming deals dominate a conversation. |
| 1:35.0 | Let's dig in on the my new shy to do with Microsoft's court win here in the US. |
| 1:40.0 | We've got Blue Merg's Malati Nyak with us who's covering this trial day in, day out for us. |
| 1:44.7 | And Malati, before I start asking you about the UK, just dwell on what's happening in the United States |
| 1:49.4 | right now because it felt like you'd already called it that the judge seemed to be erring towards |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bloomberg, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Bloomberg and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

