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The Chernin Group Invests In YouTube Network Operator Base 79

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday November 14, 2012 @ 2:24am PSTTags: Peter Chernin, The Chernin Group, YouTube

Peter Chernin’s media company The Chernin Group has acquired a stake in online video business Base 79, the largest YouTube network in the EMEA region. The Financial Times values TCG’s investment at about $10M in return for a 28% stake. (TCG last week secured its own investment of about $100M from Qatar Holding, which followed a nearly $200M investment from Providence Equity Partners earlier this year.) Chernin also has investments in Scopely, Tumblr and Flipboard. Base 79 has over 550 YouTube channels and more than 300 premium content partners including BBC Worldwide, Tiger Aspect and SyCo. The full press release is below:

LONDON — Base79, one of Europe’s leading online video companies and the largest YouTube network in the Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) region, today announced that it has received a strategic equity investment from The Chernin Group (“TCG”), alongside continued participation from existing investor MMC Ventures. Proceeds from the round will be used to accelerate Base79’s expansion across Europe and into other global territories, to build owned-and-operated brands and channels, and to invest in the Company’s products and technology. Founded in 2007, the Company has offices in London, New York and Sydney, and has plans to increase its presence in continental Europe within the next 12 months. READ MORE »

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The Chernin Group Secures Investment From Qatar Holding

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday November 8, 2012 @ 1:15pm PSTTags: The Chernin Group

Peter Chernin is expanding financial support for his Chernin Group media company with an investment from Qatar Holding. Financial terms were not disclosed, but a person familiar with the deal told Deadline the investment is in the $100 million range. “The Chernin Group will use this capital to expand and diversify the Company’s media and entertainment operations in the U.S. and across Asia”, the company said in a statement today. The Qatar contribution follows a nearly $200 million investment from private equity firm Providence Equity Partners earlier this year. Chernin founded his media company after exiting as president of News Corp in 2009. Chernin Entertainment, the movie and TV production arm, co-released last year’s Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes and co-produces Fox’s New Girl. You can read the original release here: Read More »

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Chernin Group’s CA Media Takes 49% Stake In Endemol India

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday April 26, 2012 @ 4:22am PDTTags: Endemol, Peter Chernin, The Chernin Group

Related: Chernin Group Secures $200M Private Equity Investment For US-Asian Expansion

CA Media, the Asian investment arm of The Chernin Group (TCG), and Endemol, the world’s largest independent television producer, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance in which CA Media has acquired a 49% stake in Endemol India. CA Media and Endemol’s strategy is to build Endemol India into the leading and most valuable content production company in India across television, film and digital content. Deepak Dhar, who has been Managing Director of Endemol India since 2007, will continue to lead the company and is promoted to CEO.

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Chernin Group Secures $200M Private Equity Investment For US-Asian Expansion

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday April 22, 2012 @ 10:01pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Big Deals TV, Peter Chernin, Providence Equity Partners, The Chernin Group

Peter Chernin MoneyLongtime Hollywood mogul Peter Chernin‘s indie company has just received a new infusion of capital to help with his goal of expanding into a global media company “across all fronts with this additional expertise and resources”. Led by Providence Equity Partners, the investors are taking what’s being called a “significant minority equity stake” in his television/movie/Internet company The Chernin Group. The official announcement will be made Monday morning. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Deadline has learned the investment is $200M. Chernin and Providence CEO Jonathan Nelson became chummy while they worked together to establish the online video site Hulu as a joint venture with NBCUniversal. The pair tell the Financial Times they also looked at making a bid for Yahoo together over a year — but then decided against it. They say the new partnership would have the resources to pursue “any deal of any size” around the world, from making multibillion-dollar bids to incubating start-ups. And they say their first deals are “very close” and could be announced within weeks. Read More »

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