Last year, big media companies went on a shopping spree and picked up several YouTube video networks. This year, they haven’t seemed interested. But here’s an exception: German media conglomerate ProSiebenSat.1 Group is buying Collective Digital Studio, a YouTube network best known for distributing properties like Rhett and Link, The Annoying Orange, and Epic Meal Time.
Source: Another YouTube Network Finds an Exit: Collective Links Up With Germany’s ProSieben | Re/code