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BT's Premier League Producer Tinopolis Up For Sale With £300M Price Tag

Tinopolis, producer of BT's Premier League and Champions League coverage, is "up for sale" with a price tag of up to £300M ($370.6M), according to Mark Sweney of the London GUARDIAN. The Welsh-based int'l media company, which also owns sports production business Sunset+Vine, is the U.K.’s "last remaining truly independent TV producer." Tinopolis is understood to have "circulated a memorandum to a number of media owners and private equity companies that says the firm is considering a range of options, including a sale of the company." The production company is "thought to make about" £25M ($31M)-plus in profits. In '14, Tinopolis "held talks with MSD Capital." It also held talks with Entertainment One, the "maker and distributor of films and TV shows including the Hunger Games and Twilight franchises and the Oscar winner Spotlight." ITV, which "ran the rule over Tinopolis" in '14 but did not enter talks, "could also be a potential bidder" (GUARDIAN, 3/15). 

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