Media industry and finance leaders meet to assess international M&A activity in London
London, UK (PRWEB UK) 27 October 2016 -- Media industry leaders are meeting with investment bankers, investors and advisers for the Media Finance Summit in London on December 1, to assess the surge in media related merger and acquisition activity predicted across Europe and globally over the next 18 months.
Consolidation in the media sector has been accelerating rapidly as digital and OTT strategies, as well as the emergence of powerful new online media businesses is shaking up the industry, providing huge opportunities as well as challenges to media companies, investors and advisers.
The inaugural Media Finance Summit forms part of the annual TMT Finance World Congress & Awards 2016, the largest gathering of key financial decision-makers, investors and advisers in the telecom, media and tech space globally, organised by leading TMT M&A news provider TMT Finance.
“Media industry M&A is growing significantly within the Telecom, Media and Tech space across Europe and globally, so we have added on a separate day dedicated to covering the latest investment and partnership opportunities in Digital Media including TV, Broadcast, VoD, OTT, Media Rights and Digital Publishing” said Dominic Lowndes, Managing Director of TMT Finance.
Over 100 key speakers have been announced for TMT Finance World Congress 2016 and the Media Finance Summit, including leaders from Liberty Global, Altice Group, BT, Iliad, Telia, Google, Vodafone, VimpelCom, Channel 4, KPN, Swisscom, Axiata, Etisalat, Discovery Networks International, BBC, AMC Networks International, Modern Times Group, Talk Talk, RTL Group, Ashurst, Accenture, Credit Suisse, Citi, EY, Goldman Sachs, Nomura and UBS.
Key themes across the two events include investment strategies for Telecoms and Media in Europe and Globally, Financing Growth, Mergers and Acquisitions and Investing in Digital.
Over 350 senior executives are expected to attend, representing key financial decision makers and advisers including CEOs, CFOs and Strategy Heads, private equity investors, heads of TMT from leading investment banks, law firms and professional consultants.
The TMT Finance World Awards also take place on November 30 celebrating the leading Telecom, Media and Tech M&A Deals and Advisors globally in 2016.
For more information go to http://www.tmtfinance.com/world/media
Ben Nice, TMT Finance, http://www.tmtfinance.com, +44 2037474602, [email protected]
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