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Teleste buys German cable trio

January 3, 2009 10.05 Europe/London By Julian Clover

TelesteThree German cable service companies have been acquired by the services division of Teleste Corporation in deals totalling €8.7 million. MKS companies, Young-Net GmbH and Antel GmbH specialise in the upgrade of and maintenance of cable systems.

MKS and Young-Net operate in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate, while Antel’s activities are in Bavaria. Services are provided both directly and through the affiliated company Cableway, in which Teleste’s own holding has risen to 50%.

Former owners Volker Meyer (MKS), Tobias Jung (Young-Net) and Josef Würtz (Antel) will continue to manage their respective companies.

The acquisitions make Teleste one of the key service providers for German cable, reaching some 20 million end users.

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Filed Under: Cable, IPTV, Newsline, Tech, Web TV Edited: 5 January 2009 12:22

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Julian Clover is a Media and Technology journalist based in Cambridge, UK. He works in online and printed media. Julian is also a voice on local radio. You can talk to Julian on X @julianclover, or by email at jclover@broadbandtvnews.com.

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