Blue Ant Media Acquires Thunderbird Entertainment Group
Blue Ant Media Corp., an international streamer, production studio and rights business, has entered into an agreement to acquire Thunderbird Entertainment Group, a multiplatform production, distribution, and rights management company. Under the terms of the agreement, each Thunderbird shareholder will have the option to elect to receive, for each Thunderbird Share, 0.2165 Blue Ant subordinate … Continue reading “Blue Ant Media Acquires Thunderbird Entertainment Group”
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