PA Media Group

https://pamediagroup.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/-pa-media/

PA Media Group is a privately owned company headquartered in the UK. Founded in 1868, it employs approximately 1060 individuals and reported $148.7M in revenue as of 2024. As a tier 1 media tech buyer, the company's main product is video data and analytics. The company operates a portfolio of specialist media companies encompassing news & information, data, technology, marketing, and communications. Its flagship brand, PA Media, functions as the national news agency for the UK and Ireland, providing content, products, and services to customers in the media, sport, corporate, betting, and public sectors to inform and entertain their audiences.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1868

Headcount

1,060

Headquarters

Primary Segment

Video data and analytics

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

PA Media Group appointed Chris Pharo, former 72Point Managing Director, on May 1, 2026, to lead its PR & Marketing Services division, a move intended to advance its communications arm, which encompasses video and photography assignments, the PA Mediapoint news monitoring platform, and social agency Hydrogen. Previously, on April 29, Lina Ghazal joined the group to provide public affairs leadership, engaging with government regulators, policymakers, and industry stakeholders to enhance PA’s visibility and influence within the UK news and media ecosystem. Earlier in April, on April 24, Alamy, part of PA Media Group and a visual marketplace, launched Alamy Smart Search, an advanced image search experience built with AWS for its customers. This follows a one-year partnership announced on February 16 between PA Media Group and Media Trust, offering hundreds of its journalists, editors, and media professionals opportunities for skills-based volunteering to support charities and communities across the UK.

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PA Media Group offers 3 products in the media tech industry. PA Media Group's product portfolio comprises of sports tech and video data and analytics.

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PA Media Group's revenues were less than $250M in 2024. Caretta Research has split PA Media Group's revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is other. For full access to PA Media Group's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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29th

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Management Changes, B2B Tag

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24th

2026

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B2B Tag

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04:55

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B2B Tag

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PA Media Group's customers primarily consist of broadcast Media Production and Distribution, entertainment Providers and broadcast television and radio companies. Examples of PA Media Group's customers include Multichoice, ITV and Warner Bros. Discovery. Examples of PA Media Group's suppliers include Reuters Imagen and StreamAMG.