M&A Deal Summary

Ericsson Acquires Red Bee Media

On September 5, 2014, Ericsson acquired media company Red Bee Media

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ericsson’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Ericsson’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-09-05
Target Red Bee Media
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Ericsson
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Red Bee Media

London, United Kingdom
Red Bee Media Ltd. are connections makers. They build bridges between content and viewers, bringing them together with smart technology and persuasive thinking.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ericsson

Stockholm, Sweden

Category Company
Founded 1876
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees92,866
Revenue 247.9B SEK (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Ericsson office in Santa Clara, California.
Ericsson office in Santa Clara, California.

Ericsson provides telecommunications equipment and services to mobile and fixed network operators worldwide. It operates through four segments: networks, global services, support solutions, and modems. Ericsson was formed in 1876 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 29
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 11 of 23
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2014 M&A 3 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-29 MetraTech

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Raanana, Israel

Fabrix System Ltd. is a cloud based scale out storage and computing platform focused on providing a simple, tightly integrated solution optimized for media storage, processing and delivery applications such as Cloud DVR, and VOD expansion.

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