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NTVB Media Acquires TV Guide Online Holdings

On October 7, 2015, NTVB Media acquired publishing company TV Guide Online Holdings from Lions Gate Entertainment

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NTVB Media’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is NTVB Media’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is NTVB Media’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-10-07
Target TV Guide Online Holdings
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) NTVB Media
Sellers(s) Lions Gate Entertainment
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

TV Guide Online Holdings

New York, New York, United States
TV Guide Magazine is one of the most popular magazines in the country with over 13 million weekly readers, and for more than 60 years has been the premier source for entertainment news, reviews and information about television programs.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

NTVB Media

Troy, Michigan, United States
Category Company
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

NTVB Media, Inc. is a publisher of TV entertainment and listings magazines, serving more than 3 million readers each day across the U.S.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New York M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Lions Gate Entertainment

Santa Monica, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Media
Employees1,717
Revenue 4.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Lions Gate Entertainment is an entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution and new channel platforms. Lions Gate Entertainment was founded in 1986 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New York M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-16 Music Publishing Catalog/LionsGate Entertainment /

Santa Monica, California, United States

Lionsgate Music Publishing Catalog and Masters business.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-30 Starz

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Starz LLC is an integrated global media and entertainment company with operating units that provide premium subscription video programming on domestic US pay television networks (Starz Networks) and global content distribution (Starz Distribution). Starz LLC is based in Englewood, Colorado.

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