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BKB acquires Bad To The Bone; appoints Hanks as UK COO

BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing, the professional bare-knuckle boxing promotion, has announced the acquisition of Bad To The Bone (BTTB), the independent bare-knuckle promotion in the UK. As part of the agreement, BKB has completed a full reorganisation of its UK business, including the addition of new personnel under the direction of Joe Brown, who now […]

December 30, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Telia receives clearance for Bredband2 acquisition

In July, Telia Company announced a recommended public offer to the shareholders of Swedeish ISP Bredband2 to tender all shares in Bredband2 to Telia. Telia has now received competition approval from the Swedish Competition Authority and has therefore received all necessary approvals from authorities for the offer, which means that this condition for completion of […]

December 23, 2025

Ellison guarantees Paramount WBD bid

David Ellison’s father, the Oracle founder Larry Ellison, has agreed to personally backstop the $40.4 billion (€34.3bn) in equity financing connected to the deal, and has agreed not to revoke the Ellison family trust or adversely transfer assets in the trust while any deal is pending. “Paramount has repeatedly demonstrated its commitment to acquiring WBD. […]

December 22, 2025

Adform acquires Splicky

Adform, the European independent media buying platform, has announced the acquisition of Splicky, the advertising technology division of Switzerland’s Goldbach Group. Founded in Berlin, Splicky has built a strong footprint across the DACH region and is a specialist in Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) advertising. Adform says that, together with Splicky, it will expand service offerings for […]

December 19, 2025

WBD Board refuses Paramount offer; Netflix responds

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance’s $108 billion+ takeover bid. Paramount had attempted to gatecrash Netflix’s acquisition of WBD with an offer of $30 a share, declaring that it was “superior” to the streaming giant’s $72 billion deal initially struck with WBD. “Following a careful […]

December 17, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Scripps rejects Sinclair takeover

The EW Scripps Company board of directors has unanimously decided to reject the unsolicited acquisition proposal submitted by Sinclair in November, to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Scripps that it does not already own. The Scripps board said that “following a careful review and evaluation in consultation with its financial and legal advisors”, […]

December 17, 2025

Orange takes full ownership of MasOrange

Orange has signed a binding agreement with Lorca to acquire full ownership of MasOrange, Spain’s leading telco in terms of customer base, through the acquisition of the remaining 50 per cent stake in its Spanish joint venture for a price of €4.25 billion in cash. This announcement confirms the  non-binding agreement that was announced earlier […]

December 15, 2025

ProSiebenSat.1 sells wetter.com to Funke

ProSiebenSat.1 Media has confirmed it is selling its online weather portal, wetter.com, to Funke Mediengruppe, the German newspaper and magazine publisher. The transaction of the wholly owned subsidiary from the Commerce & Ventures segment is structured as an asset deal, under which the wetter.com workforce will transfer to the new owner through a transfer of […]

December 15, 2025

Pinterest to acquire tvScientific

Pinterest, the AI-powered visual search and discovery platform, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire tvScientific, a connected TV (CTV) performance advertising platform. Pinterest will consequently combine its audience intent signals with a CTV engine, so marketers can measure how TV lifts the results of their performance ad campaigns. Pinterest reaches 600 million monthly […]

December 12, 2025

Kane appointed Senior Commissioning Executive at Film4

Film4, the feature film division of Channel 4, has announced the appointment of Cate Kane as Senior Commissioning Executive. Kane will join the creative team in January 2026 and report to Farhana Bhula, Director of Film4, alongside Senior Commissioning Executive David Kimbangi. Kane joins Film4 from MUBI where she was most recently co-Head of Global Acquisitions […]

December 11, 2025