M&A Deal Summary

Liberty Media Acquires Mediatti Communications

On January 10, 2009, Liberty Media acquired communications company Mediatti Communications from Olympus Capital Holdings Asia

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Liberty Media’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Liberty Media’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-01-10
Target Mediatti Communications
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Liberty Media
Sellers(s) Olympus Capital Holdings Asia
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Mediatti Communications

Tokyo, Japan
Mediatti Communications, Inc. was formerly a cable multiple system operator (MSO), comprised of seven independent system operators with over one million homes in its franchise areas, before it merged with Jupiter Telecommunications Co (J-COM) in April 2009. In addition to traditional video services, Mediatti also offered broadband Internet and VoIP services through its cable networks. The Company was initially established as a joint venture between an investor group led by Olympus Capital Asia and Tomen Corporation, a Japanese trading company.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Liberty Media

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Media
Revenue 9.4B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION
Liberty Media's corporate headquarters in Englewood, Colorado.
Liberty Media's corporate headquarters in Englewood, Colorado.

Liberty Media owns interests in a broad range of media, communications and entertainment businesses. Those interests include subsidiaries SiriusXM, Atlanta National League Baseball Club Inc., and True Position Inc., interests in Charter Communications and Live Nation and minority equity investments in Barnes & Noble, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner Inc., and Viacom. Liberty Media was founded in 1991 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 10
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 10
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 2
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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Olympus Capital Holdings Asia

Hong Kong, China

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 2.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Olympus Capital Holdings Asia Limited is a private equity firm that targets investments throughout Asia, including Japan, Korea, India and Greater China. Target industries include agribusiness/food, business services, environmental services/alternative energy, financial services, manufacturing and natural resources. Olympus Capital was formed in 1997 and has offices in Hong Kong, New York, Seoul, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Tokyo.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 7
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Shenzhen, China

Zhaoheng Hydropower develops, owns, and operates small- to medium-scale hydropower projects in China. The company focuses on acquiring, constructing, and managing run-of-river hydropower plants, supplying renewable electricity to regional power grids. Zhaoheng Hydropower is based in Shenzhen, China.

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