{"id":106274,"date":"2021-02-05T11:35:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T11:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=106274"},"modified":"2021-02-05T11:35:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T11:35:10","slug":"advertising-platform-magnite-buys-spotx-from-rtl-for-1-17-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/advertising-platform-magnite-buys-spotx-from-rtl-for-1-17-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Advertising platform Magnite buys SpotX from RTL for $1.17 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"
BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. advertising platform Magnite has agreed to buy video advertising group SpotX from European broadcaster RTL Group for $1.17 billion, it said on Friday, aiming to create a leading interactive advertising platform.<\/p>\n
The purchase price comprises $560 million in cash and 14 million shares of Magnite stock, RTL said.<\/p>\n
The combination of Magnite and SpotX will bring together the best CTV technologies and teams at a critical time, Magnite Chief Executive Michael Barrett in a statement.<\/p>\n
CTV technologies integrate internet and interactive digital advertising services into smart TVs and receivers.<\/p>\n
\u201cAd-supported CTV is just beginning to draw budgets from linear TV and we will be well-positioned to participate in the strongest segment of industry growth for the foreseeable future,\u201d Barrett said.<\/p>\n
RTL Group acquired a 65% majority shareholding in SpotX for 107 million euros ($127.97 million) in 2014, and took full ownership of SpotX in 2017, acquiring the remaining shareholding for 123 million euros.<\/p>\n