The leading Polish independent production company ATM Grupa has been given official permission to undertake a floation. The sale of 700,000 additional shares to existing shareholders is expected to raise […]
Pace positive on full year prospects
Pace Micro Technology has issued its second positive trading statement in recent weeks. The digital TV technology developer said it expected its shorted financial year to December 31 to be […]
BeTV finally making money
The Walloon pay-TV operator Be TV has just turned its first ever profit. In the first six months of 2007 the company made a net profit of €2.145 million, and […]
Providence joins Virgin bidding
A bidding war for Virgin Media appears to be on the cards after the American buyout specialist Providence instructed its advisers to prepare for a $22 billion offer for the […]
Ericsson pilots CYTA fibre to the home
Ericsson has signed up Cypriot incumbent telco CYTA, Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, as its first European customer for a Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) network based on the vendor’s GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) […]
GMT partners Melita
GMT Communications Partners, a London based private equity group, is taking control of Malta’s largest cable operator Melita by acquiring a 50% stake from Liberty Global and a smaller stake from the local financial […]
Irdeto acquires French company IDway SAS
Irdeto announced today that that it has acquired IDway SAS, a software company providing open software solutions for digital TV consumer devices based in Paris, France. No financial details of […]
SOCOFE to warrant BeTV
SOCOFE, the investment fund controlled by Walloon municipalities, has decided to excercise warrants that allow it to retain its equity level in BeTV, the former Canal+ Belgium, at 16.9%. The […]
ProSiebenSat.1 buys Austrian Puls TV
The German ProSiebenSat.1 group will buy the regional commercial broadcaster Puls TV in Vienna. The channel broadcasts regional programming 24 hours a day and hopes to extend its transmissions to […]
Investors for DiBcom as new Pinnacle USB stick launched
The French DVB-T/H chip developer DiBcom, which primarily caters for the mobile TV reception market, has raised €20 million in new equity from Natixis and existing investors. Nataxis came up […]