M&A Deal Summary

Press Association Acquires EBS New Media

On May 2, 2018, Press Association acquired media company EBS New Media

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Press Association’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Press Association’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-05-02
Target EBS New Media
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Press Association
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

EBS New Media

Herts, United Kingdom
EBS New Media Ltd. is a provider of electronic programme guides (EPGs) and video-on-demand (VOD) metadata.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Press Association

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

PA Group is an international group of news, information and communications businesses which includes the Press Association - the national news agency of the UK and Ireland. PA Group has 27 shareholders, most of whom are UK national and regional newspaper publishers. The biggest shareholders are dmg media Limited, News UK plc, Trinity Mirror plc and United Business Media plc.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-03 StreamAMG

London, United Kingdom

StreamAMG is a provider of an online, high definition video solutions to rights-holders and content owners, enabling them to capitalise on the value of their video content. Its services include live streaming, webcasting and video-on-demand for organisations and businesses across a range of sectors including sport, education, media and the public sector.

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