paramountthe parent company of Chilevisión, has recently been in the center of business attention in the United States due to their continuous negotiations for its sale.
Actors like Warner Bros. Discovery, Sony and Skydance Media have been some of the names that have sounded like possible interested parties in acquiring one of the most important communication groups in the worldHowever, there were no clear indications of who would finally be the new owner of the chain.
However, this Monday details about the possible transaction were revealed what would it take to the company Skydance Medialed by David Ellison, to acquire the multinational.
According to CNBC, both companies have agreed on the terms for a merger valued at 8 billion dollars, which was accepted by both parties. However, the approval of the majority shareholder of Paramount, Shari Redstonewho owns National Amusements, the parent company.
“We received the financial terms of the proposed transaction between Paramount and Skydance over the weekend and are reviewing them,” a National Amusements source told the aforementioned media.
At the moment there is still no clear destination, since experts on the subject maintain that there will not be a decision on the matter. before the shareholders meeting that will take place this Tuesday.
About a month ago it emerged that Sony with the investor Apollo Global offered to acquire Paramount for the total sum of 26 billion dollars, a little more than the value that the company currently has in the market.
Although the proposal was tempting for the firm that owns Chilevisiónfinally gave up because Shari Redstone has remained in favor of an agreement that would keep the company together since the plan of the bidders was to dissolve it according to what was reported by The New York Times.
