Irvine-based Linksys Group is getting bigger.
Linksys parent Cisco Systems Inc. said Friday it plans to buy Denmark’s Kiss Technology in a stock and cash deal valued at $61 million. Cisco said it plans to fold Kiss into Linksys.
Kiss makes technology that allows TVs and DVD players hook up to the Internet. The company has 65 employees.
“As more and more entertainment content is delivered over the Internet and as consumers demand access to digital entertainment inside and outside of their home networks, networked entertainment devices will become an integral part of Consumer Electronics,” said Charles Giancarlo, Cisco chief technology officer and Cisco-Linksys president.
Linksys makes home networking products.
This is the third company Cisco has folded into Linksys. In April, Cisco bought privately held Sipura Technology Inc., a voice-over-IP company and folded it into Linksys. In February, Cisco acquired San Jose-based Airespace Inc., and merged it with Linksys.
The Kiss acquisition is expected to close in October.
