Mediawan

http://mediawan.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/mediawan-corporate/

Mediawan, a privately owned company headquartered in France, was founded in 2015 with approximately 1,430 employees, and reported $1.4B in revenue as of 2025. It functions as a tier 1 media tech buyer. Specializing in entertainment content rights, the company was established as a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) by Pierre-Antoine Capton, Xavier Niel, and Matthieu Pigasse to consolidate the European audiovisual market through corporate acquisitions. Backed by institutional investors including KKR, Mediawan operates a multi-national collective of over 80 production labels across Europe, North America, and Africa. Its multi-genre operations encompass scripted television dramas, feature films, unscripted reality series, and documentaries. The company's intellectual property portfolio and content catalog exceed 30,000 hours of programming, which includes titles such as Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Dix Pour Cent (Call My Agent!), the Netflix drama One Day (produced by its UK label Drama Republic), and cinematic titles via Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and Jeremy Chernin's North Road Company.

2025 Revenue

Founded

2015

Headcount

1,429

Headquarters

France

Primary Segment

Entertainment content rights

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

News Summary:

Mediawan signed a pact with SLL on September 8, 2026, for Korea-Europe remakes co-productions. This follows former BBC chief Tim Davie joining Mediawan's board on September 2, 2026. Mr. Davie, who departed the BBC in April after six years, also became a partner at FGS Global, a New York-based public relations adviser. Earlier, on July 31, 2026, Mediawan acquired The North Road Company in a nearly ten-figure sale. Sidley represented Connor Schell, founder of Words + Pictures and creator of ESPN’s 30 for 30 and 60 for 60, in connection with the sale and the related restructuring of Words + Pictures.

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Mediawan offers 3 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Mediawan's product portfolio comprises of broadcast television and radio, media and TV services and entertainment content rights.

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Mediawan's revenues were over $1B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Mediawan's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is entertainment rights and distribution. For full access to Mediawan's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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