Jeff Zucker’s RedBird IMI Closes $1.45B Acquisition of All3Media

RedBird IMI, the media and entertainment investment joint venture headed by ex-CNN chief Jeff Zucker, announced the completion of its $1.45 billion takeover of All3Media, the U.K.’s largest independent TV production company.

Zucker, CEO of RedBird IMI, has become the chairman of the All3Media board. All3Media CEO Jane Turton and COO Sara Geater will continue to lead the media company for RedBird IMI.

The All3Media acquisition, announced in February, is RedBird IMI’s largest completed transaction to date. All3Media is the fifth completed investment for RedBird IMI. Others are L.A.-based scripted production company Media Res, the studio behind Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show”; the unscripted production company EverWonder Studios; the children’s entertainment company Hidden Pigeon Co., founded by author-illustrator Mo Willems; and digital news outlet Front Office Sports.

RedBird IMI acquired All3Media from its joint owners, Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global. The deal has been approved by regulators in the U.S., U.K. and Germany.

RedBird IMI launched just over a year ago. Zucker has said the goal is to build a global media company across news, entertainment and sports.

All3Media, based in London, is the U.K.’s largest independent production company. It has 50 production labels, including Studio Lambert, Raw, Two Brothers Pictures, Silverback Films, New Pictures and Neal Street Productions, producing top global shows such as The Traitors, Squid Game: The Challenge, Gold Rush, Midsomer Murders, American Nightmare, The Circle, Call the Midwife, The Tourist, Life On Our Planet, The Long Shadow and Gogglebox. All3Media’s library spans all genres, including contemporary thrillers, detective series, soap operas, comedy, costume drama and true crime as well as documentary, features, children’s and reality programming. The Group’s companies have global presence, across the UK, US, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and New Zealand and produce 4,000 hours annually for linear broadcasters, VOD, social media and other digital platforms. All3Media International operates a distribution catalog of over 30,000 hours, while the Group’s digital business, Little Dot Studios, drives audiences in social video, podcast, and branded content across multiple platforms.