Acquisitions News in the Advertising And Media sector

Wed, 13 Sep 2006: Spiritel is to acquire Callplan, the telecoms services company that sells through a network of more than 70 independent agents, for up to £0.6m. Founded in 2003, Callplan has over 170 SME and corporate clients and markets products and services on behalf of Australia's national telecoms company Telestra. Spiritel anticipate that the acquisition will be immediately earnings-enhancing, and will integrate Callplan into its Spiritel Retail division, which has formed to deliver Spiritel's planned direct-to-consumer initiatives. 'Callplan is a highly profitable and fast-growing company and is an ideal first acquisition towards the delivery of our strategy of gaining a direct relationship with customers." said chief executive of Spiritel, Alastair Mills. Spiri...
[more: Callplan]

Thu, 07 Sep 2006: 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 largest fully-equipped televison studios, and have hosted a number of well-known shows including the X Factor, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and Test The Nation. In a statement, InvestinMedia said: "The directors know the business well and con...
[more: Fountain Television Studios]

Fri, 01 Sep 2006: 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 co...
[more: The Comedy Unit]

Tue, 01 Aug 2006: All3Media, the TV production company, has been acquired by private equity firm Permira in a £320m deal. All3Media was formed in 2003 with buyout...
[more: All3Media]

Tue, 13 Jun 2006: DIC Entertainment has acquired CPG, the London-based licensing agency operating in the entertainment and sports industries, for an initial £3.8m...
[more: Copyright Promotions Group]

Wed, 05 Apr 2006: Fulmar, the book manufacturer and commercial printing group, has been acquired by Cameron CPI (UK) Ltd, a UK-owned subsidiary of French company Camero...
[more: Fulmar plc]

Mon, 03 Apr 2006: TV producer and publisher Ten Alps has acquired McMillan-Scott, the business-to-business publisher with 250 staff in London, Macclesfield and Manchest...
[more: McMillan-Scott]

Thu, 01 Jan 1970: Crysalis, the radio and music publishing business valued at £240m is rumoured to be considering a sale of its radio businesses. Crysalis owns b...
[more: Crysalis looking at selling radio stations]