Mediawan

Mediawan, a privately owned company headquartered in France, was founded in 2015 and employs approximately 1,290 individuals. The company reported $664.3M in revenue as of 2023 and operates as a tier 1 media tech buyer. Functioning as an entertainment content rights holder, Mediawan operates as a French media conglomerate and multinational entertainment studio. It was established in December 2015 by Pierre-Antoine Capton, Xavier Niel, and Matthieu Pigasse as a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to consolidate the European audiovisual market through corporate acquisitions. Backed by institutional investors including KKR, Mediawan has expanded into one of Europe's largest independent audiovisual groups, operating a multi-national collective of over 80 production labels across Europe, North America, and Africa. The company's multi-genre operations encompass scripted television dramas, feature films, unscripted reality series, and documentaries. Its intellectual property portfolio and content catalog exceed 30,000 hours of programming, anchored by titles such as the animation franchise Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, the comedy series Dix Pour Cent (Call My Agent!), the Netflix drama One Day (produced by its UK label Drama Republic), and cinematic titles via Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and Jeremy Chernin's North Road Company.