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Blue Ant Media Acquires RACAT Group

On May 23, 2017, Blue Ant Media acquired media company RACAT Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Blue Ant Media’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Blue Ant Media’s 1st transaction in New Zealand.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-05-23
Target RACAT Group
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Blue Ant Media
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

RACAT Group

Otago, New Zealand
RACAT Group Includes prestigious production houses NHNZ (formerly Natural History New Zealand), Beach House Pictures and Northern Pictures who license their content to digital and traditional channels worldwide. The purchase also includes international children’s nature broadcaster ZooMoo Networks, and Runaway Play, a mobile game developer and publisher. These businesses operate out of Singapore, Dunedin, Sydney, Beijing and Taipei.

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Buyer

Blue Ant Media

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Category Company
Founded 2011
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Blue Ant Media is a media company that creates and distributes great content in lifestyle, travel, documentary, music and entertainment categories. Blue Ant Media was founded in 2011 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: New Zealand M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-06-25 Mobile Syrup

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mobile Syrup publishes tech news and reviews, the latest on streaming, gaming, and AI, plus consumer guides and deals. Mobile Syrup is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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