UK-based media group Chorion may place a bid for Hit Entertainment, a media and entertainment distribution company owned by private equity firm Apax Partners, Reuters reported, citing a story in the ...

Chorion has rejected a proposed offer from fellow media minnow Entertainment Rights (ER), which has now withdrawn the bid. Chorion directors were always set against a deal, and had rejected previous ...

Entertainment Rights, the UK kids firm that is trying to buy Chorion in the face of a management-backed VC takeover, has been told to bid or get off the pot. ER has tried to buy Chorion several times ...

LONDON — Two of Britain’s biggest owners of children’s TV characters have renewed their courtship dance, with Entertainment Rights signaling its intent to make a $43.5 million takeover bid for Chorion ...

Hit Entertainment has dropped its bid for media company Chorion, owner of intellectual property rights. Chorion shares reached a high of 456p last week when it was revealed that Entertainment Rights ...

Entertainment Rights is thought to be drawing up an offer that would value Chorion at up to a third above Friday's closing share price, which was down slightly on the week at 206 1/2p. Chorion, which ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Entertainment company Chorion, owned by private equity firm 3i Group PLC (III.LN), has shortlisted three private equity firms to fund a January takeover of Apax Partner's Hit ...

LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Media group Chorion Plc is considering bidding for Hit Entertainment, the Sunday Times said in an unsourced report. The newspaper said Hit was being sold by its owner Apax ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Make way for Noddy, indeed. One property can transform a company in the entertainment rights sector which ...

Apax Partners, the private equity owner of Hit Entertainment, wants $700m (£440m) for Thomas the Tank Engine and has been approached by Mr Men-owner Chorion to acquire the assets. Sources believe the ...