variety.com
Stephane Courbit
France
Netherlands
Netflix
Coronavirus
show
pandemic
2020
Stephane Courbit
France
Netherlands
Netflix
Banijay’s Endemol Shine Takeover Was a Near Mission Impossible — What’s Next For Europe’s New Superpower?
Reading now: 862
variety.com
variety.comElsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBanijay’s $2.2 billion takeover of Endemol Shine, an Anglo-Dutch group twice its size, has given birth to a rare beast at a critical time.
The France-headquartered combined entity ranks as the —, and marks the indie world’s first major M&A deal to be completed in Europe since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.It was never a straightforward deal to begin with: the process took more than two years to materialize following a year of on-and-off courtship and was finally completed after an eight-month antitrust process.
Now the real work begins with a post-takeover integration that will take up to six more months. Banijay chairman Stephane Courbit, a self-made French entrepreneur, and his right-hand.
Read more on variety.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Report this news
Related News
Celebrities
Locations