M&A Deal Summary

InterMedia Partners and AEP Capital Acquire UPTV

On April 1, 2004, private equity firms InterMedia Partners and AEP Capital acquired media company UPTV

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is InterMedia Partners’ 2nd and AEP Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is InterMedia Partners’ 2nd and AEP Capital’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is InterMedia Partners’ 1st and AEP Capital’s 1st transaction in Georgia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2004-04-01
Target UPTV
Sector Media
Buyer(s) InterMedia Partners
AEP Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

UPTV

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
UPTV is an operator of commercial christian cable television networks, and the only advertiser-supported music television network dedicated to all forms of Christian music and family/inspirational programming. UPTV was founded in 2004 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Buyer

InterMedia Partners

New York, New York, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

InterMedia Partners is a specialist private equity firm that seeks investments in media and communications companies. Specific areas of interest include cable television, broadcast television, print, programming, and broadband opportunities. InterMedia targets situations requiring $50 to $100 million of equity capital. InterMedia Partners LP was formed in 1988 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 11
Sector: Media M&A 2 of 9
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 2 of 8
State: Georgia M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 11
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1997-12-01 Access Network Services

New York, New York, United States

Access Network is a media and technology platform serving leading content publishers through providing the leading, turn-key, hyper-local content search and management platform. Publishers use our technology and content platform to create, configure, and distribute custom-branded, localonline and mobile applications. Brands offering city guides on the Access Network include BlackBook Guides, Guides by Bravo (NBCU), Corcoran Guides, CitiHabitats Guides, Diddy’s BlackBook, Maxim Guides, Jersey Shore Guides (MTV Networks), Front Desk Guides by Modern Luxury, Out Guides, The Daily Tar Heel’s Guide to the University of North Carolina, The Famuan’s Campus Guide to Florida A&M University, and over 50 additional local College City Guides.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-01 InterMedia Outdoors

New York, New York, United States

InterMedia Outdoors (“IMO”) is a provider of content to outdoorsmen. IMO has 15 magazines targeted towards the outdoor enthusiast with readership in excess of 23 million. In addition to magazines, IMO has the leading hunting/fishing online network, top-rated TV series, syndicated radio, and related merchandising

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Buyer

AEP Capital

New York, New York, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1990
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

AEP Capital LLC is a private equity firm that seeks to invest in middle-market companies throughout North America. The Firm generally seeks to invest $5 to $50 million in companies valued up to $100 million. Areas of interest includes media, entertainment, communications, and business services. AEP Capital LLC is the successor of Alpine Equity Partners. The Firm was originally formed in 1990 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 5
Sector: Media M&A 2 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Georgia M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 3 of 5
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-05-22 Money Mailer

Cypress, California, United States

Money Mailer LLC is a provider of shared one-to-one direct mail advertising (annually producing over 163 million mailings delivered to approximately 17 million homes) as well as interactive and online advertising solutions through its nationwide production and distribution network. Money Mailer was founded in 1979 and is based in Cypress, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-05-25 Daily Racing Form

New York, New York, United States

Daily Racing Form is a multi-media information company dedicated to providing premium data driven content and analytical tools to horse racing enthusiasts. Daily Racing Form was founded in 1894 and is based in New York, New York.

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