National CineMedia Acquires Captivate Holdings

National CineMedia to acquire Captivate Holdings LLC for $275 million

August 11, 2026

Marketing & Advertising

National CineMedia, Inc. (NCM) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Captivate Holdings LLC for an enterprise value of $275 million. The deal combines NCM’s U.S. cinema advertising network with Captivate’s digital video elevator and lobby advertising footprint across office and residential buildings.

National CineMedia Acquires Spotlight Cinema Networks

November 17, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

National CineMedia, Inc. (NCM) has acquired Spotlight Cinema Networks, a U.S. cinema advertising company focused on luxury, art-house and dine-in exhibitors. The acquisition expands NCM's luxury-screen inventory and increases its national market share and presence in key New York and Los Angeles markets, unlocking new advertising and preshow inventory for premium advertisers.

Publicis Groupe Acquires Captiv8

May 21, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Publicis Groupe has acquired Captiv8, a leading end-to-end influencer marketing platform, to strengthen its connected influencer and social commerce capabilities. Captiv8 — active in 120 countries with a network of ~15 million creators and AI-powered technology — will be integrated within Publicis Connected Media and combined with Influential and Epsilon to build a large-scale, identity‑powered influencer offering.

Novacap Acquires Cadent, LLC

August 9, 2023

Media & Entertainment

Novacap has acquired Cadent, LLC, a New York–based provider of converged TV advertising platform solutions, from funds managed by Lee Equity Partners. The transaction will see Novacap partner with Cadent’s management to accelerate growth and expand the company’s converged TV and audience-targeting capabilities across CTV, traditional TV and digital inventory.

Global Acquires Captivate Podcast Hosting Platform

December 20, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Global, the UK media and entertainment group, has acquired podcast hosting, analytics and monetization platform Captivate. The Captivate platform and its founders will be integrated into Global's Global Player and DAX ad stack to expand distribution and monetization options for podcasters.

Ai‑Media Acquires US Captioning Providers Caption IT and CaptionAccess

December 14, 2020

Media & Entertainment

Australia-based Ai‑Media announced on December 14, 2020 that it will acquire US captioning and access providers Caption IT (Wisconsin) and CaptionAccess (Illinois) for a combined USD 1.9 million (approx. USD 1.6m cash and USD 0.3m in shares). The purchases (expected to complete January 4, 2021) strengthen Ai‑Media's US presence, add complementary corporate, education and government customer relationships, and are expected to modestly benefit FY21 EBITDA and EPS.