How it started
Founding, first acquisitions and expansions (2015–2020)
Mediawan was founded on December 15, 2015, as an acquisition service, with the company's plan was to form an audiovisual international group through acquisitions across France and Europe in the entertainment or media industries.
The company went public on April 22, 2016, raising €250 million ($310 million).
In January 2017, Mediawan announced that it had entered exclusive negotiations to acquire French audiovisual production, broadcasting and distribution company AB Groupe from its co-founder Claude Berda who had a 53% stake of the company alongside media company TF1 Group who owned a 33.5% stake, for €270 million in order for Mediawan to build a European premium content leader and an audiovisual production and distribution group. The deal could give Mediawan their own production companies and an international distribution division along with the pay-TV channels that AB Groupe owns. Two months later, Mediawan completed its acquisition of French audiovisual production, broadcasting & distribution company AB Groupe from its co-founder Claude Berda (who had a 53% stake of the latter group) alongside media company TF1 Group (who owned a 33.5% stake) as AB Groupe becoming a fully owned subsidiary of Mediawan, marking Mediawan's first step into the premium production and distribution activities.
In June 2017, Mediawan announced exclusive talks to acquire a majority stake in Paris-based French documentary production company Clarke Costelle & Co. (CC&C)
One month later, Mediawan closed its acquisition of a majority stake in Paris-based French documentary audiovisual production company Clarke Costelle & Co (CC&C) with CC&C became a subsidiary of Mediawan. Also in the same month, they announced that they purchased the remaining 35% stake in Luxembourgish television channel RTL9 from its previous parent company RTL Group.
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