Website:
www.btistudios.com
Download case study:
bti.pdf
Valedo invested in Broadcast Text 2008 and has together with management and the board of directors executed on a number of organic growth initiatives and completed three add-on acquisitions. The company has grown through improved relationships with existing customers, attracting new customers as well as expanding into adjacent services.
Broadcast Text International (”BTI”) was founded in 1998 by Chief Executive Officer Björn Lifvergren and has ever since experienced healthy growth and served the leading broadcasters. In 2000 BTI became a part of the media company SBS Broadcasting and subsequently a part of the German media company ProSiebenSat.1 when it acquired SBS in 2005. Valedo and BTI’s management and board acquired the company in August 2008 from ProSiebenSat.1.
In order to establish a leading subtitling and dubbing company, a number of initiatives have been implemented since 2008:
Following five years of growth and overachievement of the targets established at time of Valedo’s acquisition in 2008, BTI was deemed ready for the next step. The European market consolidation, which BTI had been a driving force in, was expected to continue globally which contributed to significant interest from potential buyers to acquire BTI. Consequently, Valedo was contacted by potential buyers during the spring and summer of 2013. Discussions with potential buyers resulted in that a unit of US stock listed global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group acquired BTI in September 2013.
Valedo Partners Fund I AB (“Valedo”) and minority shareholders have signed an agreement to divest the leading European subtitling and dubbing company Broadcast Text Holding AB ("BTI") to Carlyle. Valedo, together with the management, acquired BTI in August 2008 from media company ProSiebenSat.1. During the past five years, BTI has successfully implemented a number of
Valedo has signed an agreement with ProSiebenSat.1 regarding an acquisition of the subtitling company Broadcast Text International (BTI). BTI, a European market leader in subtitling for broadcasters and home entertainment, has offices in 8 countries and service offering in about 40 languages. The company will continue to be run by the existing management team with
What has been accomplished
Since Valedo invested in BTI 2008, the company has developed into a leading European subtitling and dubbing company. Ambitious growth initiatives and intensified customer interaction have strengthened the subtitling business and focused efforts and investments in dubbing studios have increased the company’s dubbing sales severalfold to about 20% of company sales in 2013. Development of and investments in a new IT-system have enabled improved quality in the service production and improved productivity. From 2008 to 2013 the company grew organically by ~12% annually and improved the EBITDA-margin from ~12% to ~16%. Three strategically important acquisitions have established the company in Eastern Europe, strengthened the position in the Nordic region and expanded the service offering to access services