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Canal+ buys pay TV
Sound+Vision. French company Canal+, owned by Vivendi, has bought pay TV company M7 from its owner, the private equity…
Mediaset buys into ProSieben
Sound + Vision. Italian broadcaster Mediaset has bought a “friendly” 10% stake in German TV company ProSiebenSat1. Mediaset is…
M6 buys Lagardère TV
Sound+Vision. French TV group M6 is to acquire the TV interests of fellow French company Lagardère, excluding its music…
Meredith completes mags sell-off. Just
Meredith Corp, of the US, has sold the intellectual property of Sports Illustrated to Authentic Brands for $110m,…
Tarsus exhibitions to go private for £668m
Charterhouse private equity (until last year the majority owner of French exhibitions group Comexposium) has made an agreed…
Nine sells Aussie sports events
Events. Australia’s Nine Entertainment Company (NEC) is selling many of the events acquired as part of its A$4bn Fairfax…
Remedy buys Vertical Health
B2B/B2C. Remedy Health Media, of the US, digital publisher of Health Central, Health Central Guides, TheBody and TheBodyPro, has…
Naylor buys Techmedia conferences
Events. The privately-ownedTechMedia, a leading US producer of digital marketing conferences has been acquired by Naylor Association Solutions,…
Illiffe buys UK local paper
News. The privately-owned Illiffe Media Group, of the UK, has acquired local paper the Newbury Weekly News via…
Webedia buys Quill
B2B. Webedia, the French media-tech company, has bought Quill, of the UK, from its private equity owner Panoramic…