synopsis: IC Places, Inc. announced it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire Punch Television Networks. Under the agreement IC Places will acquire all the assets of Punch TV Network including all Television Station Licenses, All re-broadcast agreements, rights to all television shows on its roster and all current advertising contracts.
IC Places is a New Media company that produces weekly entertainment content for several different mediums. It has agrrements to place its content before more then 300 million people a month, giving the company one of the largest distributions foot prints on the planet.
Punch TV Network is comprised of 80% original programming. Punch TV was designed to deliver entertainment to multicultural audiences though a unique type of programming that reflects the tastes, preferences, hues, and nationalities of the American.
synopsis: Eros International Plc , a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, announced that it anticipates entering into a definitive agreement to acquire control of B4U Television Network, the global Bollywood television network. B4U provides Indian programming across two digital television channels, B4U Music and B4U Movies.
B4U is a global television network that provides Indian programming across two digital television channels, B4U Music, a dedicated music television channel and B4U Movies, a dedicated Indian film channel.
synopsis: Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, the programming subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation has completed the acquisition of Sundance Channel from General Electric Company’s NBC Universal, CBS Corporation’s Showtime Networks, and entities controlled by Robert Redford.
Rainbow Media Holdings LLC has been an innovator in television programming and entertainment. Rainbow Media is a leading producer of targeted, multi-platform programming for global distribution, creating and managing some of the world's most compelling and dynamic entertainment brands.
Along with films and documentaries, Sundance Channel’s original programming provides a mix of series and specials that promote artistic freedom of expression and the impact that expression can have on our world.
synopsis: Italian publisher RCS Mediagroup SpA said it received a EUR251 million ($314 million) binding offer from Gallimard's parent company Madrigall SA to buy its French book unit RCS Livres, which controls publishing group Flammarion.
Éditions Gallimard is one of the leading French publishers of books. It was founded in 1911 in Paris by Gaston Gallimard as Les Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française. The stylised nrf logo still appears on many books published by Gallimard today.
Flammarion Group is the fourth largest French publishing group. It comprises a number of areas of activity, including publishing, distribution, sales, printing, and bookshops. It’s mission is to make knowledge in all fields accessible to all, by means of the best possible editorial products.
synopsis: Norwegian media group A-Pressen says it plans to buy Edda Media from the European publishing company Mecom. Edda Media AS is a Norwegian media group that owns a number of Norwegian newspapers, television channels, radio channels and websites.
A-pressen ASA operates as a media company in Norway and Russia. The company collects, facilitates, produces, and distributes information. Its activities include newspapers, printing, television (TV), and electronic media operations.
Edda Media AS is a Norwegian media group that owns a number of Norwegian newspapers, television channels, radio channels and websites. It offers advertisements, inserts, and supplements on the Internet, radio, television, direct marketing radio, & internet services.