Orla Noonan


Mediawan moves to buy Apocalypse prodco

Emerging French content group Mediawan has entered into exclusive acquisition talks with the prodco behind the Apocalypse documentaries. Having closed a deal for French channels operator and producer Groupe AB in March, Mediawan has now moved for Clarke Costelle & Co (CC&C). Mediawan has ambitious plans to become “the leading premium content platform in Europe” […]

Mediawan plans ‘leading content platform in Europe’

Mediawan plans to use its acquisition of AB Groupe to build “the leading premium content platform in Europe”, combining production and channel distribution, according to Lazard France CEO Matthieu Pigasse, one of the three principals behind the creation of the publicly-listed investment outfit. Speaking on a conference call after the AB deal was announced yesterday, […]