Mediawan
| Founded | December 15, 2015 in Paris, France |
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| Founders | Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse, Pierre-Antoine Capton |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
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Key people
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Orla Noonan (CEO)[1] |
| Divisions | LS Distribution Mediawan Animation Mediawan & Leonine Studios (joint venture with Leonine Holding) Mediawan Originals Mediawan Pictures Mediawan Rights Mediawan Studios Spain Mediawan Thematics Telmondis Distribution |
| Subsidiaries | 909 Productions AB Productions Aito Media Alauda Films Ango Productions Atlantique Productions Aubes Productions Auteurs Associés Black Dynamite Black Swan Tales Boomerang TV Group Cameron's Carte Blanche CC&C Chapter 2 Chi-Fou-Mi Productions DMED Productions Ego Productions Electron Libre Productions Fit Production Frenchkiss Pictures GMT Productions Good Mood IdFictions Imagissime JPG Films Keewu Productions Makingprod Mai Juin Productions Maximal Productions Merlin Productions Mon Voisin Productions Moonbow NC Production Pavia Studio Palomar Radar Films Réservoir Prod Résolution Save Ferris Studios Scarlett Production Semtembre Productions Sky High TV Storia Television Telmondis Velma Production Veranda White Lion Films |
| Website | mediawan |
Mediawan is a French media conglomerate.[2] It was founded in December 2015[3] by Xavier Niel (founder of Free), Matthieu Pigasse (general director of the bank Lazard and, with Xavier Niel, a major stock holder in Le Monde and L'Obs) and Pierre-Antoine Capton (founder of the French media production company Troisième Œil Productions) under the legal form of a special-purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") to acquire assets and operations in the media production and distribution business in Europe[2][4][5][6][7][8] with the ambition to become "one of the largest platforms for European content".[9][7]
The company went public on April 22, 2016,[6] raising €250 million ($310 million).[2]
In July 2016, Mediawan acquired CC&C, a film production company specializing in documentaries.[2]
In January 2017, Mediawan acquired AB Groupe for €270 million. Before that AB Groupe was owned by Claude Berda (53%) and TF1 Group (33.5%).[10][2]
In December 2017, it was reported that Mediawan was in talks for acquiring a stake of up to 55% in Aton Soumache and Dimitri Rassam’s animation studio ON Kids & Family (including Method Animation) for about €50 million.[11][12]
In January 2018, Mediawan acquired the French television division of Luc Besson's EuropaCorp and renamed into Storia Television.[2][11][12]
On June 6, 2018, Mediawan announced that its acquisition of a 53.53% stake in ON Entertainment was finalized[1]
On October 11, 2018, Mediawan rebranded AB Groupe as Mediawan Thematics.[13]
On June 22, 2020, Mediawan announced their intent to buy Lagardère Studios from the Lagardère Group for €100,000,000.[14] The sale was completed on November 2 of that same year.[15]
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