Candle Media acquires Israeli studio Faraway Road Productions
Apart from 'Fauda,' which is set to air its fourth season, Faraway Road Productions is also home to Netflix’s 'Hit and Run'.
Apart from 'Fauda,' which is set to air its fourth season, Faraway Road Productions is also home to Netflix’s 'Hit and Run'.
The newly merged company will be home to 75 TV channels, two streaming services, two film studios, a digital content studio and an expanded library.
The acquisition is coming six months after Minly raised a $3.6m seed round.
Founder of Last Scene Films Alhamoud and executive producer Abumansour will now report to Alaa Fadan, CEO of Telfaz11.
Earlier this year, Signiant acquired Lesspain Software, a German provider of embedded media processing software and the desktop application Kyno.
The proposed merged entity will be led by current Zee CEO Punit Goenka.
The acquisition will help Limelight advance its strategy as an edge-enabled SaaS solutions provider.
Following the recent acquisition of Primestream, D3 is Ross Video’s 18th since 2009.
With this acquisition, VSN becomes the second Spanish company to join the Aspire Software family along with Telematel.
The team, based initially in the San Francisco Bay area, will be fully integrated into the Telestream family.
With this acquisition, Vislink will have all the hardware and software solutions needed to acquire, produce, contribute and deliver video over all private and public networks.
The anime streaming service has 5m subscribers and more than 120m registered users.
Carlyle will seek to further consolidate LiveU’s market position through M&A activity and organic growth while capitalising on the rapidly growing demand for high-quality live video transmission.
Primestream’s solutions are used by customers within various market verticals, including Enterprise, Digital Media, Sports and Broadcast.
The deal will expand the company’s operations in the Middle East through a joint-venture office based within MMC’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
Vualto will expand JW Player’s customer base with prominent customers in the European market and elsewhere including the UK’s ITV, French national public broadcaster France TV and the European Parliament.
Lightstream will enhance Creative Solutions’ premium live streaming technology for the global content creator community.
The combined engineering teams will develop a strategy to migrate the existing IPTV and digital signage portfolio into a converged platform to offer a wider range of solutions to customers.
A merger with Nasdaq-listed VMAC makes the MENA music streaming platform the first Arab tech company to be listed on Nasdaq.
Together with the Qvest management, Tarent will leverage its activities in the media, corporate and public sector and roll out its services across the Qvest Group's worldwide locations.
Accedo says that Hibox’s flagship Aura and Smartroom products will complement its global offering of TV software solutions.
This joint venture replicates the successful model adapted between Front Row and exhibitor Kuwait National Cinema Company (KNCC).
OnPrem’s expertise in business and technology consulting, especially its focus on the digital media supply chain, hopes to extend the Qvest Group’s portfolio and gain a foothold in the US...
The acquisition is Ross Video’s 16th since 2009 and will see Image Video’s product team led by Zach Wilkie and David Russell, along with their R&D and technical support teams...
Shure and Stem Audio will continue to operate separately as integration plans for sales and support are finalised.
The share transfer is expected to be completed in the next few days.
Multichoice confirmed the stake in a stock market filing but said it does not comment on individual shareholder relationships.
This investment will enable Sony to build a much closer relationship with Nevion and lead to the delivery of more integrated solutions.
The two companies intend to leverage this strategic partnership as a cornerstone for further development and expansion in the Kingdom's advertising sector.
Kipco, which has significant ownership in a portfolio of over 60 companies operating across 24 countries, owns an 87.6% stake in OSN.
According to the deal, Ateme will look to acquire 87% of Anevia’s shares 90% of the voting rights held by its majority shareholders.
The acquisition will help Qvest expand its range of services in software development.
The telecoms operator signed a deal to purchase Vodafone Egypt for $2.4bn in January.
With the acquisition, Haivision aims to set the standard for scalable, low latency, high-quality video delivery.
Grass Valley will continue its day-to-day activities under the leadership of the company’s president, Tim Shoulders, without disruption.
The fund now has managed to secure a portfolio of nearly $10bn in US-listed stocks.
With the acquisition, EVS hopes to expand its global footprint and offer a more comprehensive and integrated range of media infrastructure solutions for live productions.
The combined company is projected to release approximately 40 feature-length films, including seven sequels to prior hits and 100+ originals of episodic content, in 2020.
This acquisition will give Hypixel Studios access to Riot Games’ experience in developing and publishing player-focussed games.
ViacomCBS had committed to a total investment of 375m last year for a 49% stake in Miramax.
As a result of the acquisition, Coiron’s CEO Carlos Vasquez will become part of Ross Video’s graphics division as Technical Product Manager for the Ross Virtual Solutions group.
Disney has been worst hit so far due to the coronavirus pandemic, as releases and production delays reduced the media company’s market cap by one-third last week.
With this transaction, effective immediately, Net Insight acquires the full product portfolio, IPRs, brand and inventory from Aperi Corporation for USD 1.2m in cash.
The Whisper Group produces sports entertainment shows, including coverage of NFL, the Paralympics, Formula One, SailGP, Women’s Super League, International Cricket and W Series, amongst others.
The collection of films will be available to watch in 190 countries from February 27.
The regulator noted that this purchase was subject to a 1992 law that requires a mandatory tender for any outstanding shares in the company.
Private equity firm, led by former Avid CEO Louis Hernandez Jr., plans to accelerate migration to software-driven broadcast systems.
The reorganisation will see top executives across Hulu operations such as distribution, sales, and marketing report directly into the corresponding DTCI business leads.
The rebranding comes a year after Disney acquired the 20th Century Fox film studio along with other media operations in a $71bn deal.
The acquisition helps Riedel gains access to considerable engineering talent in the Embrionix workforce — the majority of which comprises engineers specialising in leading-edge IP and video technologies.
The company has expressed interest in associated technical expertise at Xumo for its upcoming streaming service Peacock.
The shakeup has given more responsibilities to existing Viacom and CBS executives while some senior employees including Kent Alterman are exiting the new entity, which will be called ViacomCBS following the...
Deluxe is emerging with a much stronger balance sheet – it has shed more than 75% of its debt and obtained $115m in new financing.
Webedia Arabia will also be launching Millenium Arabia – an Arabic platform focusing on gaming and esports in the near future to further diversify its offering. Edouard Griveaud, VP Gaming...
For the next 12-15 months, Belden and Grass Valley will continue to share the same space in Dubai until GV is transferred to a new owner, commented Shoulders.
Belden will immediately begin reporting Grass Valley as a “discontinued operation” on its income statement and is already in talks with companies regarding a potential sale.
Upon completion of the acquisition, Banijay Group will own almost 200 production companies in 23 territories and the rights for close to 100,000 hours of content.
The plan will help reduce Deluxe’s long-term debt by more than half providing it with access to $115 million in new financing to support its ongoing operations and investments.
Acquisition strengthens audio monitoring and processing portfolio with new embedded and openGear solutions, while extending fiber transport family
The acquisition will enable Broadcast Solutions to strengthen its presence in the Middle East and Africa.