M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2024-12-22 |
| Target | Foxtel Group |
| Sector | Media |
| Buyer(s) | DAZN Group |
| Sellers(s) |
News Corp
Telstra |
| Deal Type | Divestiture |
| Deal Value | 2.2B USD |
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DAZN Group is one of the fastest growing sports media companies in the world. DAZN Group is home to DAZN, the leading global sport streaming service, as well as some of the most popular sport portals, including DAZN News, Goal, Sporting News, and Spox.com. DAZN is leading the charge to give sports fans around the world access to sport anytime, anywhere. DAZN guarantees affordable access on most connected devices including smart TVs, set-top boxes, streaming sticks, smartphones, tablets, PCs and game consoles. DAZN is live in Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the United States. DAZN Group was founded in 2007 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 1 |
| Sector: Media M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Divestiture M&A Deals | 1 of 1 |
| Country: Australia M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2024 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-22 |
Goal.com
London, United Kingdom Goal.com is world’s largest independent soccer site with ~55M MUVs across its various web and app properties. Goal.com is based in London, United Kingdom. |
Sell | - |
News Corp is a diversified international media and entertainment company with operations in eight industry segments: filmed entertainment; television; cable network programming; direct broadcast satellite television; magazines and inserts; newspapers; book publishing; and other. The activities of News Corporation are conducted principally in the United States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and the Pacific Basin. News Corp was formed in 2012 and is based in New York, New York.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 11 of 11 |
| Sector: Media M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Type: Divestiture M&A Deals | 7 of 7 |
| Country: Australia M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2024 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 2 of 3 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-27 |
IHS Markit - Base Chemicals Business
London, United Kingdom Base Chemicals is known for its pricing data, insights, analysis, and forecasting capabilities for the world’s most important base chemicals delivered through its leading Market Advisory and World Analysis services. Base Chemicals Business include Oil Price Information Services (OPIS), Coal, Metals, and Mining (CMM), and PetroChem Wire (PCW) businesses. |
Buy | $295M |
| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1901 |
| Sector | Communications |
| Employees | 30,553 |
| Revenue | 22.7B AUD (2025) |
Telstra provides telecommunications and information products and services through its Australian and offshore operations. TLS has a wide range of businesses namely fixed broadband, mobile, data and IP, network application & services (NAS), digital media and international. Telstra was founded in 1901 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 7 of 9 |
| Sector: Media M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Divestiture M&A Deals | 6 of 7 |
| Country: Australia M&A | 3 of 5 |
| Year: 2024 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 2 of 5 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-11 |
Versent
Melbourne, Australia Versent specialises in both modern build and modern run for cloud-native applications, data-streams, platforms, and services to government and enterprise clients. Versent was founded in 2014 and is based in Melbourne, Australia. |
Buy | AU$268M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-13 |
Versent
Melbourne, Australia Versent specialises in both modern build and modern run for cloud-native applications, data-streams, platforms, and services to government and enterprise clients. Versent was founded in 2014 and is based in Melbourne, Australia. |
Sell | - |
