Investment Summary

Sky Invests In Jupiter Entertainment

On March 30, 2015, Sky invested in media company Jupiter Entertainment

Investment Highlights
  • This is Sky’s 2nd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Sky’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sky’s 1st transaction in Tennessee.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-03-30
Target Jupiter Entertainment
Sector Media
Investor(s) Sky
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Jupiter Entertainment

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Jupiter Entertainment is an independent production company with a track record of creating successful, returning popular factual series and formats.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Sky

Isleworth, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1988
Sector Media
Revenue 12.0B GBP (2016)
DESCRIPTION

Sky plc is an entertainment company together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home entertainment and communications company in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It retails television, broadband, and telephony services to residential customers, as well as commercial customers, such as offices, retail outlets, hotels, pubs, and clubs; and operates WiFi network across the UK and Europe that provides Internet access to WiFi enabled smartphones, laptops, and entertainment devices. Sky plc was established in 1988 and is headquartered in Isleworth, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 8
Sector: Media M&A 2 of 6
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 2 of 3
State: Tennessee M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-04 Sky Betting & Gaming

Leeds, United Kingdom

Hestview Ltd. is a provider of an online betting and gaming including SkyBet, SkyVegas, Soccer Saturday Super6 and Sky Sports Fantasy Football. Hestview was founded in 2011 and is based in Leeds, United Kingdom.

Sell £800M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-23 Blast Films

London, United Kingdom

Blast Films is an independent production company.

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