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M&A

4iG buys Albanian telco

4iG is expanding its telecom portfolio in the Western Balkans region, after entering into a definitive sale and purchase agreement to acquire an 80.27 per cent stake in ALBtelecom from Cetel Telecom, a majority-owned subsidiary of Turkey’s Çalik Holding. The Albanian state will continue to exercise its minority ownership rights in the company through the […]

December 9, 2021

Adobe acquires ContentCal

To expand the social media capabilities of Adobe’s creative tools, the company has entered into an agreement to acquire ContentCal, a social media and content marketing solution. ContentCal lets users focus on creativity by automating social media publishing and reporting tasks. Based in London, the company has built a strong customer base, from individuals and small […]

December 9, 2021

fuboTV completes Molotov acquisition

fuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform, has closed its acquisition of France’s live TV streaming company, Molotov SAS. The acquisition, first announced on November 9th, was previously expected to close in the first quarter of 2022. The synergies between fuboTV and Molotov’s technology and teams are expected to enable both companies to continue on […]

December 8, 2021

OpenVault acquires VelociData

OpenVault, a source of revenue and network improvement solutions and data-driven actionable insights for the broadband industry, has announced the acquisition of VelociData. OpenVault says the acquisition will combine its product portfolio and analytics expertise with VelociData’s research and development capabilities and Tier 1 footprint in the US and Latin America to boost solution capabilities […]

December 8, 2021

Take 1 to acquire Verb8tm

Transcription, access and localisation services provider to the media and entertainment sector, Take 1, has entered into an agreement to acquire Maryland-based transcription and captioning company, Verb8tm. The transaction is scheduled to close on the December 31st 2021 and Take1 says it will strengthen its position in the US with the addition of Verb8tm’s staff […]

December 7, 2021

Discovery muscle in on DAZN’s BT Sport deal?

Discovery is reported to be in talks about BT’s sale of its sports unit, despite earlier confirmation in September that sports streaming service DAZN was in “advanced” discussions. Discovery, which owns Eurosport and certain rights to the Olympic Games, is understood to be discussing a joint venture with BT that would combine their sports broadcasting […]

December 6, 2021By Colin Mann

Banijay UK acquires ZnakTV

Banijay UK has acquired Natalka Znak’s indie production company Znak TV. Znak is responsible for creating formats including Hell’s Kitchen, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and Love Island, and she will continue to run Znak TV in the US while also leading Banijay’s Remarkable Entertainment and Initial. The Remarkable and Initial slates […]

December 3, 2021

Unity completes Weta Digital acquisition

Unity, the platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, has completed the acquisition of Weta Digital’s tools, pipeline, technology, and engineering talent first reported last month. Unity said the acquisition is designed to empower the growing number of game developers, artists, and potentially millions of consumer creators with sophisticated content creation tools used […]

December 2, 2021

Sony acquires Bad Wolf

Sony Pictures Television has acquired a majority stake in Bad Wolf Ltd to partner it in the next phase of  international growth. The deal also includes the Wolf Studios Wales sound stage facility in Cardiff and Bad Wolf’s 30 per cent stake in Bad Wolf America LLC. Ravi Ahuja, Chairman, Global Television Studios and Sony […]

December 1, 2021

Spain: Squirrel Media acquires DTT licences

Squirrel Media has acquired two nationwide DTT licences, currently used by Disney and Paramount, from media group Vocento for €18 million. With the move, Squirrel Media will control 55 per cent of Vocento’s Net TV and 100 per cent of Veralia Distribución. Squirrel Media has also proposed The Walt Disney Company Iberia to take part […]

November 30, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid