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Drahi mulls SFR Belgium sale

July 8, 2016 09.24 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Altice could sell off its Belgian business as its focus increasingly turns to the United States.

SFR Belgium currently holds 110,000 cable subscribers and a number of mobile subs.

The Patrick Drahi vehicle could net €500 million from a sale, according to both Bloomberg and the Financial Times.

A management reshuffle last month saw Drahi step down as Altice president to head a newly formed Group Advisory Council.

The $10 billion purchase of Cablevision netted 3.1 million subscribers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, alongside newspaper and other media interests, in addition to the earlier purchase of Suddenlink.

Earlier attempts to grow the Belgian business had not met with success.

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Filed Under: Finance, Newsline Edited: 8 July 2016 13:19

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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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