M&A Deal Summary

ITV Acquires Mediacircus AS

On July 26, 2012, ITV acquired media company Mediacircus AS

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ITV’s 4th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is ITV’s 1st transaction in Norway.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-07-26
Target Mediacircus AS
Sector Media
Buyer(s) ITV
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Mediacircus AS

Bergen, Norway
Mediacircus is one of Norway’s most successful independent production companies, founded by Eldar Nakken and Jon Sverre Hoiden. With bases in Bergen and Oslo, it will become part of ITV Studios Nordic, one of region’s leading entertainment production companies, which has produced and co-produced more than 40 television series in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ITV

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1955
Sector Media
Employees6,133
Revenue 3.5B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

ITV is an operator of a commercial television network. The company's Broadcasting and Online segment commissions and schedules programs on the ITV channels. ITV was founded in 1955 and is based in London, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 23
Sector: Media M&A 4 of 16
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 16
Country: Norway M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-10-18 Channel Television

California, California, United States

Channel Television, the Channel Islands commercial TV broadcaster, in a move towards further consolidation of the channel 3 network.Channel Television currently handles much of the compliance work for programming across the ITV network, including for ITV, and this deal will mean ITV will now have control of that aspect of the business.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-30 So Television

London, United Kingdom

So Television was set up by Graham Norton and Graham Stuart in September 2000 to make high quality entertainment television. The company is one of the most successful independent production companies in the UK and currently stands at number 45 in the Indies League 2012.

Buy €17M