Media Business Insight (MBI), the UK-based, private equity owned publisher of Broadcast and Screen International, has acquired the Rapid TV News, a leading online daily news service for the international broadcast and streaming industry. It claims an international signup base of more than 25,000 to its newsletters and website.
Rapid TV News was launched in 2007 to run alongside the European Television Guild, established to help channels overcome regulatory and carriage issues. It covers all aspects relating to broadcast technology, information, and analysis in the global TV market. It also publishes the Rapid TV Everywhere digital magazine.
MBI has revenue of some £11m. The company (a buy-out from Ascential Plc in 2015) is growing again after an erratic start to life under private equity ownership. Its expanded Media Production & Technology Show resumes at London’s Olympia in May this year.
