MegaFon buys a third of the video service STARTАнна Saveliev | 28.10.2020
The transaction will be implemented in two stages, as a result, the share of MegaFon in the “digital media holding” (dmkh) amount to 33.8%. Dmkh – the head company of holding START, which includes the video service and
Studio and distributor of All Media. The main share and control will remain with the current shareholders and founders of the holding, neither the structural changes nor the exclusive terms of cooperation
it is assumed.
This is the first deal to attract an external investor to START. The platform is already out on the operating profit and sustainability, so the investment in MegaFon will be focused primarily on increasing
production volumes of original content and development of new related businesses.
MegaFon in the next three years to invest in the development of the service to 5 billion rubles. The company stressed that the Megaphone TV and START – two complementary assets with different business models
– marketplace and monopolise with unique Russian content, audience services not intersect.
The audience of the video service START — more than one million users worldwide. Now START occupies 6% market in the paid segment for the first half of 2020, the revenue growth START made up of 362.9%
in comparison with the same period of 2019.
The company was founded by Studio Yellow, Black and White in 2017, and over the past three years has released more than 30 original projects, and in development at the moment more than 50.
Service Megaphone TV ranks eighth in terms of revenue among major online cinemas showing the growth of 42.4% in the first half of 2020. The share of the service market pay
video content is 6%. Monthly user base of 1.8 million people.
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