Acquisition Resources

Endemol, the TV production company whose shows include Big Brother, Deal or No Deal and Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, is close to being put up for sale. Spanish owner Telefonica has reportedy taken ... [more]

Medal Entertainment & Media has sold the Fountain Television Studios in Wembley to InvestinMedia for £1.5m in cash. At 31st March 2006, Fountain's net assets stood at £1.7m. Fountain are the UK's larg... [more]

Rank Group, the UK-listed leisure company, is to dispose of its remaining Deluxe Media businesses. These consist of a DVD replication and distribution business in the US and a Central European distrib... [more]

RDF Media is to acquire The Comedy Unit, the Glasgow-based TV production company with 20 staff, for up to £11m. The deal comprises an initial consideration of £6.5m, to be paid in cash and shares, and... [more]

Rebel Shareholders at SMG want the former Channel 4 executive Rob Woodward to become head of the Scottish Media Group. If appointed Woodward plans to sell its cinema advertising business Pearl and Dea... [more]

The Mill, the UK-based post-production media group, has appointed LongAcre Partners to look into selling the business. The investment bank will consider both a float and a secondary buyout. The Mill i... [more]

Trinity Mirror has launched a strategic review that could see its national and regional businesses separated,following an appraisal. Analysts that cover the stock believe the company could sell part ... [more]

UK publisher Trinity Mirror could dispose of just its Scottish newspapers. A Numis analyst has said it would not be easy to divide the north-of-the-border titles from the rest but said such a sale cou... [more]

All3Media, the TV production company, has been acquired by private equity firm Permira in a £320m deal. All3Media was formed in 2003 with buyout group Bridgepoint Capital's acquisition of Chrysalis TV... [more]

Big Mouth Media has hired finance house Ion Equity to advise on options which include a sale, a floatation or a recapitalisation of the company. Steve Leach and Heather Luscombe founded the company in... [more]

Media Square, the UK-listed marketing services group, could make disposals to reduce its debt level, chief executive officer Jeremy Middleton said. Media Square was comfortable with its debt level, b... [more]

Having sold its UK DVD business for £5.9m, Rank Group has now announced it is currently in discussions with a number of third parties for the disposal of the remaining assets of Deluxe Media Services ... [more]

Wall to Wall, the UK private TV producer, would listen to takeover offers when approached, chief executive officer and main owner Alex Graham said. The company had been approached in the past but n... [more]

Trinity Mirror, the UK-listed newspaper group, is selling its exhibitions and magazines business for £45m+. KPMG has been appointed as advisor to the sale of the non-core assets, according to sources.... [more]

ITV, the London-listed broadcaster, could sell its cinema unit, Carlton Screen Advertising, the Daily Mail reported without citing sources. The unit could fetch up to £80m but "no formal approaches" f... [more]

The chairman of the Local Radio Company, Graham Parrot, has stated that the UK-based local radio operator will dispose of non-core stations. The company, which operates in the North East, South East a... [more]

DIC Entertainment has acquired CPG, the London-based licensing agency operating in the entertainment and sports industries, for an initial £3.8m. A further amount will be paid subject to CPG's perform... [more]

Financial Dynamics, the London-based communications consultancy is to be sold by its owner, private equity firm Advent International. The UK arm of Robert Baird, the investment firm which has a histor... [more]

Kudos, the UK-based TV production company responsible for hit drama Spooks, is considering a potential sale following a number of reported approaches. The company has appointed LongAcre Partners to co... [more]

All3Media, the global production and distribution company owned by Bridgpont, may be sold to a larger buyout firm or listed on the market. A sale would enable Bridgepont to exit All3Media with some ta... [more]