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M&A Deal Summary

Viacom Acquires Televisión Federal S.A.

On November 15, 2016, Viacom acquired media company Televisión Federal S.A. from Telefonica for 345M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Viacom’s 9th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Viacom’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Viacom’s 1st transaction in Argentina.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-11-15
Target Televisión Federal S.A.
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Viacom
Sellers(s) Telefonica
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 345M USD

Target

Televisión Federal S.A.

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Televisión Federal S.A. is one of the main free-to-air channels in Argentina. Telefe engages in the production, distribution and sale of content and multiplatform services in Argentina. It holds nine broadcast TV licenses and two channels; one national and one International with more than 10 million subscribers. For 26 years, Telefe has maintained its leadership position with high quality content. With more than 12,000 m2 of production space, it produces its own content as well as produces for third parties, both nationally and internationally. It is present on all continents as one of the most recognized producers of Spanish-language content, currently distributed in more than 100 countries.

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Buyer

Viacom

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Media
Revenue 12.9B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION

Viacom is a global media company which is home to a variety of entertainment brands that connect with audiences through compelling content across television, motion picture, online and mobile platforms in over 160 countries and territories. Viacom was founded in 2005 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 17
Sector: Media M&A 9 of 10
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Argentina M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-10 Channel 5 Broadcasting

London, United Kingdom

Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd., holds the license to operate the fifth, and final, national terrestrial broadcast television channel to be granted in the United Kingdom. Warburg Pincus was invited to become a founding shareholder of this start-up enterprise by a Channel 5 Managing Director, Greg Dyke, with whom Warburg Pincus had worked previously when Mr. Dyke led London Weekend Television.

Buy $757M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-08 WhoSay

Germantown, New York, United States

WhoSay, Inc. is a marketing agency that offers social media campaigns, content distribution and analytics to advertisers and brands. WhoSay, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Germantown, New York.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Telefonica

Madrid, Spain
Category Company
Founded 1924
Sector Communications
Employees100,870
Revenue 41.3B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Telefonica is a telecommunications group that provides fixed and mobile telephony services through networks in Spain, Europe, and Latin America. Telefonica was founded in 1924 and is based in Madrid, Spain.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 15
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 7 of 14
Country: Argentina M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-24 Telefónica UK

Slough, United Kingdom

Telefónica UK Ltd. (dba O2) is a digital communications company.

Sell $15.2B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-21 Telxius

Madrid, Spain

Telxius is a provider of telecom infrastructure services in Europe and the Americas and operates through the sub-sea cable and telecom tower segments. Telxius is based in Madrid, Spain.

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