M&A Deal Summary

Dugout Acquires ballball.com

On March 13, 2018, Dugout acquired digital media company ballball.com from News Corp

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Dugout’s 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Dugout’s 1st transaction in Singapore.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-03-13
Target ballball.com
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Dugout
Sellers(s) News Corp
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

ballball.com

Singapore
ballball.com is one of the major football video platforms in South-East Asia. The platform distributes an unprecedented collection of short-form highlights from European and other top football leagues to the region generating 800 million video views during the 2017-18 football season.

Search 214,239 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try Free

Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Dugout

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2016
Sector Digital Media
DESCRIPTION

Dugout is a new digital football platform that takes fans off the pitch and behind the scenes of the beautiful game. Dugout gives football fans one single place to connect with their favorite clubs and players and away from the noise of multiple social media and news sites. Dugout was founded in 2016 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Singapore M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

News Corp

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Media
Employees23,900
Revenue 10.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

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 8 of 11
Sector: Digital Media M&A 4 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 7
Country: Singapore M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-28 GyanMatrix Technologies Pvt.

Bengaluru, India

GyanMatrix Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is a provider of analytical engineering and mobile development services. GyanMatrix Technologies Pvt. Ltd. was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-08-29 YES Network

New York, New York, United States

YES Network is a 24/7 sports and entertainment television network featuring the New York Yankees. YES also broadcasts the New Jersey Nets and other professional and collegiate sports teams as well as classic sports footage and sports-related content. YES Network was founded in 2002 and is based in New York City.

Sell $3.5B