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Welcome to the fifth edition of Media M&A Insights from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
As always, in this publication we analyse the trends driving M&A activity in the European media sector. We also take time to review predictions from the last edition, and set out our thoughts for 2007 and beyond.
Media M&A again showed itself as a healthy market in 2006,with significant activity in continental Europe, a high level of Private Equity involvement and a long tail of smaller corporate ‘in-fills’ driving the total number of completions to 175. Other key themes in 2006 included consolidation within the traditional print sector and significant growth in demand for broadcasters in emerging economies.
