User blog:Ootwar/Talestar, Glass Clock Networks, AGH Announced Merger

''October 23, 2016 - New York City, London, Sydney, Bucharest. ''Talestar Investments, AGH, The BBB Group, Rattrysix, Horsehead Studios, Lumix and Glass Clock Networks recently announced merger between three companies.

The new company will be supported by Village Roadshow Limited, bOnage Animation Studios and Lava Lamp Entertainment as they formed a joint venture parent company Village Lava Media Partners LLC.

This new Talestar-AGH-Glass Clock venture will establish it's own division in Athens, Greece, focused on reviving Village 88.3 FM and creating other Village Roadshow-related things, such as the new Village Roadshow Studios Athens. While in Romania, Village Cinemas Bucharest was announced to be in construction and was expected to open in 2018. Speaking of theme parks, Village Roadshow announced to open new Wet n' Wild parks in Mexico City, Mexico; Milan, Italy and a new Warner Bros Movie World park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the near future.

However, the ownership of the new Talestar-AGH-Glass Clock isn't so simple. Next day after the announcement, Village Lava Media Partners acquired 66% of ABC Romania, 100% of both Forts-Cola Inc and TBS Radio and
 * 1) Village Lava Media Partners LLC will own 37% (thus, Village Roadshow owns 12.4% and Lava Lamp & bOnage each own 12.3%)
 * 2) Jack and Dylan Taylor, their families and their estates will own 35%
 * 3) Private investors and shareholders will own 28%

Talestar-AGH-Glass Clock also announced to acquire radio stations, video game companies, record labels, cinema chains in Thailand, Netherlands, Denmark, Slovakia, South Africa, Ireland, Spain, Greece, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

UPDATE: Talestar-AGH-Glass Clock is now known as Village Lava International Group.

UPDATE 2: In 2017, Village Lava International Group has been negotiating with Crystal Holdings, bOnage Animation Studios, Nextreme Entertainment and Hyper Holdings about an even bigger merger, with a tentative name Village Hyper Holdings. If European Commision approves, the merger will be finalized in 2018.