Acquiring Company
Simply.TV
Acquired Company
Red Bee Media
Description
Simply.TV has acquired Red Bee Media’s Content Discovery Business to enhance its capabilities in the U.S. market. This acquisition is part of Simply.TV's strategy to accelerate its global expansion. The integration aims to deliver improved content discovery solutions to a larger customer base. Alongside this acquisition, Simply.TV has received a majority growth equity investment from Summit Partners.
M&A Insights
Based on deal dataIntegration timeline
70% of M&A integrations take 12-24 months to complete
Tech stack consolidation
83% of merged companies consolidate technology vendors within first year
Post-acquisition investment
Companies increase IT spending by 23% on average after acquisitions
Success factor
M&A deals with strong technology integration plans are 2.5x more likely to succeed