Prime Focus to sell its UK Broadcast Post business to private equity-backed blue 2.0

24 Mar 2015 Evaluate

Prime Focus, the world’s largest integrated media services company, has decided to sale its UK Broadcast Post Production business to new company blue 2.0. Under the terms of the agreement, which both parties are expecting to be finalized in the two weeks, blue 2.0 will take over the Prime Focus UK Broadcast facility at 58 Old Compton Street and the provision of its long-form, drama, short-form, entertainment and DI services. The new company will employ the majority of the current Prime Focus staff at Old Compton Street, and the phased transition of the business to the new owners will begin immediately.

Prime Focus is retaining its Content Services offering (which provides services to long-standing clients such as the BFI and the Imperial War Museum), and a number of large-scale contracts with clients such as Red Bee Media, a major car manufacturer and a global consumer product brand. These contracts will continue to be serviced by Prime Focus staff from the company’s facility at 2 Bourchier Street.

Prime Focus is a global visual entertainment services group that provides creative and technical services to the film, broadcast, and advertising market. The group offers a genuine end-to-end solution from pre-production to final delivery including visual effects, 2D to 3D conversion, video and audio post production, equipment hire, multi-platform content operations solutions and digital distribution.

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