M&A Deal Summary

Bell Media Acquires Corus Entertainment - Historia and Series Channels

On October 17, 2017, Bell Media acquired media company Corus Entertainment - Historia and Series Channels from Corus Entertainment for 200M CAD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bell Media’s 2nd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Bell Media’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Bell Media’s 2nd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Bell Media’s 1st transaction in Quebec.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-10-17
Target Corus Entertainment - Historia and Series Channels
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Bell Media
Sellers(s) Corus Entertainment
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 200M CAD

Target

Corus Entertainment - Historia and Series Channels

Quebec, Canada
Corus Entertainment, Inc. - Historia and Series Channels, Séries+ is Québec’s most-watched fiction channel, offering popular locally produced drama, including recent successes SUR-VIE and MIRADOR, as well as the best of foreign series. Historia, a Top 10 channel among A25-54, broadcasts a suite of locally produced original content, ranging from award-winning documentaries, popular reality series like LE LOT DU DIABLE, and drama series such as BÉLIVEAU.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Bell Media

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Category Company
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Bell Media, Inc. is a provider of television (TV), radio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media services in Canada.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 5
Sector (Media) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 3
State (Quebec) 1 of 2
Country (Canada) 2 of 3
Year (2017) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-03 Cieslok Media

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cieslok Media Ltd. is a outdoor advertising firm, operating predominantly large format digital and static billboards throughout major cities in Canada. The company is led by esteemed entrepreneur Jörg Cieslok, who over the last 24 years played a major role in shaping the landscape of outdoor advertising in Canada.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-04-03 Noovo.ca

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Noovo.ca is a digital platform that brings together entertainment content from V, ELLE Fictions and MAX.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Corus Entertainment

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Corus Entertainment, Inc. is a media and entertainment company that creates, broadcasts and licenses content across a variety of platforms for audiences around the world.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
State (Quebec) 1 of 2
Country (Canada) 1 of 2
Year (2017) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-13 Shaw Media

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Shaw Media, Inc. is a provider of television broadcasting, media and advertising services.

Buy $2.7B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-07-13 Toon Boom

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Toon Boom is an animation software company that provides artistic freedom to clients in creating any style and efficiently publishing anywhere and provides real-time management for animated projects. The company serves customers including Disney Television Animation, Amazon, Fox Television Animation, Nelvana, Toei Animation, The SPA Studios, Xilam, and Boulder Media, to name a few. Toon Boom was formed in 1994 and is based in Montreal, Quebec.

Sell CA$148M
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