acquisitions

Business

Tata Communications acquires The Switch in $59 million deal

The deal is dependent on regulatory approvals. Once approved, Dhaval Ponda will oversee the company.

Business

ARRI acquires lighting company Clay Paky

The company's products are used across film, television and theatre, including the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest

Business

Canal Plus Group ‘in talks to acquire Orange’s pay-TV operations’

Any deal would add another three million subscribers to Canal Plus's streaming offerings, enabling it to gain traction on the global tech giants

Business

ProSiebenSat.1 ‘exploring’ Sky Deutschland acquisition

According to reports, ProSiebenSat.1 would be interested in acquiring the pay-TV broadcaster due to "limited synergies" between the two companies

Business

Comcast ‘considering Sky Deutschland sale’

Parent company is said to be working with an advisor on a possible €1 billion sale of the broadcaster

Business

Milk acquires Lola Post Production

Lola's credits in 2022 include Dangerous Liaisons (Starz/Lionsgate) and Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough (BBC)

Business

DAZN agrees deal to acquire rival ELEVEN Sports

The deal will see DAZN gain the rights to top-tier football in both Portugal and Belgium, as well as its existing rights deals in...

Business

IMAX acquires streaming technology company SSIMWAVE

IMAX’s technology and post production teams will work with SSIMWAVE’s engineering team to develop new solutions for delivering IMAX-quality video experiences across platforms

Business

European Union proposes new rules for media company mergers

Should the Media Freedom Act make its way into law, it would require regulators to examine whether the merging companies would remain economically sustainable...

Business

MRMC increases PTZ capabilities with acquisition of full Slidekamera product range

MRMC has already integrated its AI system Polymotion Chat with Slidekamera’s robotic pan/tilt heads.

Live Production

Ross Video agrees terms to acquire Spidercam

Spidercam is used by multiple broadcasters to create outdoor shots for sporting events, concerts, esports, and TV shows

Business

Riedel acquires SimplyLive

The company said the acquisition underlines its commitment to keep bringing innovative and futureproof technologies and scalable workflows to its customers in the video...

Business

Vizrt Group acquires HTML5 graphics platform Flowics

Flowics' platform gives users simple control over the creation, integration, and playout of HTML5 graphics for fast-paced productions and digital or multi-screen extensions

IP Migration

Riedel acquires IP specialist SDNsquare

SDNsquare provides Software Defined Network solutions for complex and demanding IP-based media installations

Business

Robe acquires lighting control products company Artistic Licence

Artistic Licence was founded in 1988 by Wayne Howell, and was originally involved with rock ‘n’ roll and theatre lighting technology

Business

The state of the industry: Is M&A back on the agenda for tech vendors?

Ahead of IBC, TVBEurope talks to Devoncroft Partners' Josh Stinehour to discuss the current state of the media tech industry and why he's feeling...

Business

Take 1 acquired by captioning company Verbit

The deal will enable Verbit's customers to benefit from Take 1's expertise in unscripted production workflows, Ofcom and FCC compliance and multi-language audio descriptions

Business

Thomson Broadcast completes GatesAir acquisition

"The combined force of these ideal strategic partners will support each other’s growth and the growth of the industry at large," said Thomson Broadcast...

Production & Post

Territory Studio acquires Cantina Creative, forms new group

New company will draw from a global source of artists and studios who work across interactive experiences, such as augmented reality and holographic technology

Business

Viaplay acquires Premier Sports in £30 million deal

Company has appointed DAZN's Edward Breeze as SVP and head of sports UK

Business

Viaplay in talks to acquire Premier Sports

Acquiring Premier Sports would give the streaming service a linear option, as the company currently broadcasts a number of pay-TV channels in the UK...

Business

iWedia acquired by Reinhart Interactive TV

Between them, Zappware and iWedia reach up to 50 million households, with customers including Bouygues Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, and Swisscom

Business

DAZN ‘in talks to acquire Eleven Sports’

Talks are said to be advanced but there's no guarantee the deal will happen

Business

disguise expands metaverse plans with Meptik acquisition

disguise CEO Fernando Kufer says the acquisition of the creative studio will help it lead the next era in extended reality and metaverse experiences

Business

Synamedia accelerates SaaS offerings with Quortex acquisition

Quortex's multi-tenant SaaS technology builds video streams on-the-fly based on the requirements of end users and matched to viewers’ locations, devices and time zones

Business

ALPAC Capital takes majority share in Euronews

Company has acquired 88 per cent of the Euronews' shares after reaching an agreement with previous holder, MGN

Business

MEDIAGENIX acquires video distribution services company BeBanjo

The acquisition generates a broad solution portfolio combining MEDIAGENIX's WHATS’ON Media Business Management Platform with BeBanjo’s Movida VoD-first solution

Business

Thum + Mahr acquired by Broadcast Solutions

Co-founders Peter Thum and Hanno Mahr will become advisors to the company, which will remain in Monheim an Rhein

Business

Digital 9 agrees £459.3 million deal for 48 per cent stake in Arqiva

Deal is expected to complete in the second half of 2022

Business

Deltatre acquired by Bain Capital and Nextalia SGR

According to the company, its OTT solutions have approximately 25 million end users per day

Business

LiveU acquires Pacific Live Media

"This move will help us to maximise our business potential and expand our end-to-end offerings," said LiveU CEO and co-founder Samuel Wasserman

Business

Synamedia acquires content discovery platform provider Utelly

Utelly aggregates data in real-time from multiple metadata providers – pre-integrated with Gracenote, TiVo, IMDB, Netflix and 50 others

Business

LiveU acquires cloud-based video provider easylive.io

easylive.io provides users with a live streaming production studio in the browser, allowing them to mix any type of content into live stream videos...

Business