The Berlusconi family’s MediaForEurope (MFE) has upped its bid for Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 Media. MFE’s voluntary public takeover offer has risen to €4.48 per share in cash and 1.3 newly-issued MFE ...
Sony Corp. has taken a small stake in Tekken and Pac-Man games giant Bandai Namco, as part of a strategic business alliance. Japan-based Sony paid 68 billion yen ($464M) for ...
EXCLUSIVE: Ireland’s Playhouse Studios has swooped for troubled UK post-production house Lipsync, saving dozens of jobs in the process. The Dublin-based Playhouse paid an undisclosed amount to accountancy firm Oury ...
Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital Partners has reached an agreement to buy the UK’s Telegraph Media Group. The in-principle agreement values the publisher of The Telegraph at £500M ($675M) and will ...
Scotland’s STV is continuing to build its production suite by investing in former Channel 4 exec Joe Churchill’s new digital outfit, Fan Club. At the same time, the commercial network ...
The latest twist in the ongoing tussle over ProSiebenSat.1 Media‘s future sees Czech investor PPF seeking to double its stake in the German broadcasting giant, challenging an existing takeover bid ...
Banijay has been among the most acquisitive independent TV makers of recent years, and now reportedly has its sights on ITV. According to the FT, the French production and distribution ...
Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe wants to revive the failed merger of French nets TF1 and M6. Speaking to the FT, Thomas Rabe said that softening European regulation meant he will ...
