On October 28, 2015, IBM announced its acquisition of digital assets from The Weather Company—a holding company of Bain Capital, The Blackstone Group and NBCUniversal which owns The Weather Channel, including its weather data platforms (such as Weather Services International), websites (Weather.com and Weather Underground) and mobile apps. The acquisition seeks to use Watson for weather analytics and predictions. The acquisition does not include The Weather Channel itself, which will enter into a long-term licensing agreement with IBM for use of its data. The sale closed on January 29, 2016  COUNT 5
QSN1 IBM acquired digital assets of this company on October 28, 2015. ANS1 The Weather Company QSN2 What will IBM use to analyze weather and make predictions? ANS2 Watson QSN3 When did the sale of Weather Company assets close? ANS3 January 29, 2016 QSN4 The Weather Channel entered into what with IBM? ANS4 long-term licensing agreement QSN5 Bain Capital is a holding company of which company? ANS5 The Weather Company