In the second major broadcast-legacy media mashup deal of the week, Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has taken a majority stake in National Geographic Society’s media assets, including National Geographic magazine, in a deal valued at $725 million
Two of Germany’s biggest media businesses, ProSiebenSat.1 and Axel Springer, are in talks about a combination that could improve their ability to compete with US digital heavyweights such as Google and Facebook
V and media production group Ten Alps, as the business snapped up the maker of factual shows including Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is in a £5m deal
ITV is close to announcing that the acquisition of Plymouth-based independent TV production company TwoFour
Bob Geldof-backed indie Ten Alps is on the verge of acquiring a UK production business and has begun a complex shareholding restructure to enable it to close the deal.
The French media conglomerate Vivendi is looking at a possible skyacquisition of pay-TV group Sky, as one of several options to expand the reach of its own TV group Canal Plus
ITV is on the verge of paying up to $950m (£630m) for the TV division of The Weinstein Company, the production studio set up by veteran film and TV producer Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob, according to reports
ITV has bought the makers of BBC1’s The Voice, Dutch production company Talpa Media, for £355m in a deal that could end up costing more than double that
Hearst has taken a 25 per cent stake in AwesomenessTV, the teen-focused digital video network owned by DreamWorks Animation, in a deal that values Awesomeness at $325m
Sky, which will retain an equity stake of 20% and a seat on the board of the business, said the sale will allow the business to focus on its newly-expanded pan-European pay-TV operation
As a result of this M&A activity, seven of the 10 biggest UK TV producers – leaving aside the BBC and ITV – are now in foreign ownership, according to the recently published Televisual Production 100 survey for 2014, and City analysts are tipping the UK’s largest advertiser-funded broadcaster to be in foreign ownership within five years
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management have finalised the deal to combine three TV production groups behind hit shows including Big Brother, American Idol and MasterChef under one group. The companies said they would set up a joint venture to hold Apollo-controlled Endemol and Core Media and Fox’s Shine Group. Fox and […]
Tinopolis, the Welsh company behind shows including Question Time and Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and the UK’s largest remaining truly independent TV producer, is up for sale with a price tag of potentially £300m
ITV is reportedly the subject of interest from Virgin Media owner Liberty Global, which could mount a takeover bid
Amazon has bought Twitch, a live-streaming gaming network, for $970m, beating off rivals Google and Yahoo
First, 21st Century Fox was in danger of squashing its own share price if it had tried to improve its plainly inadequate $80bn (£47bn) bid
First, 21st Century Fox was in danger of squashing its own share price if it had tried to improve its plainly inadequate $80bn (£47bn) bid
According to the Financial Times Australia is planning its most radical shake-up of media ownership laws in two decades in a move that could lead to billions of dollars of mergers and reshape an industry in financial distress. For the full story read The FT
BSkyB has agreed to pay up to £7.4bn to acquire its European sister companies, opening the way to the biggest transformation in its 25-year history. The move will create one of Europe’s largest pay-TV providers, with the ability to invest more in internet technology and potentially to bid for sports and entertainment rights on a […]
ohn Malone bought a stake in ITV deepening his foray into TV programs and production
