MediaDeals Week
Microsoft buys ZeniMax
Microsoft is buying ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, the publisher of game franchises Doom, Fallout,…
Discovery buys TV in NZ
Discovery Inc, listed on Nasdaq in the US with a $11bn market cap, is to buy the free-to…
US radio deal in DC
iHeart Media, the major US radio company with over $6bn in revenue, is to acquire Washington DC radio…
Byron Allen aims for the top
The 27-year-old Allen Media Group’s Entertainment Studios has acquired KITV from its private owners SJL Broadcasting for $30…
Mission TV buys NY station
Mission Broadcasting, the US TV company, is to buy New York channel PIX11 from parent EW Scripps for…
Simon Cowell takes control
Music TV entrepreneur Simon Cowell is taking full control of his production company Syco Entertainment, by buying out…
Valnet buys ‘make use of’ site
Canadian online video producer Valnet Inc, has bought the Hong Kong-based, 13-year-old website MakeUseOf. com which provides technology…
Sony buys ‘Sex Education’
Sony Pictures Television is to buy a majority stake in Eleven, the production studio which produced the Netflix…
M6 acquires film producer
M6, the French TV network, has acquired Epithète Films, a film production company based in Paris. Epithète was…
Lagardère Studios sold
Mediawan, of Paris, has bought Lagardère Studios for approximately €100m. Mediawan was established with backers MACSF, of France,…