VOO, a consortium of Brutélé and ALE, is to acquire the other eight cable operators in the French-speaking half of Belgium in a deal worth at least €475 million. The […]
Music Choice acquires Xtra Music
The battle between Europe’s two leading digital music providers is at an end after Music Choice Ltd announced that it was acquiring Xtra Music Limited from Maxide Music and LGI […]
BT requested Sky access after Ofcom complaint
BT has been accused of jumping the gun after it emerged that its complaint to Ofcom over access to Sky content for its fledgling IPTV service came before it had […]
ATM looks for more funding
Poland’s leading independent production company ATM Grupa has announced plans for a second IPO. Likely to place at the end of June or early July, it could raise up to […]
Ukrtelecom looks for windfall
The incumbent Ukrainian telco Ukrtelecom has revealed that it expects to raise at least $1.6 billion (€1.2 billion) through the sale of a 37.86% stake in the company on the […]
US court: no network-DVR for Cablevision
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that Cablevision will not be allowed to roll out a network-based DVR. The decision comes as blow […]
Bonnier acquires Nordic Broadcasting
Swedish media group Bonnier has acquired Proventus 50% share in Nordic Broadcasting. The acquisition brings with it the entire share capital of the Finnish MTV Group and 98.9% of Swedish […]
Mixed picture for Romtelecom
The incumbent Romanian telco Romtelecom has reported a generally disappointing set of financial results for 2006. While its revenues were down by 3.8% to €894.8 million, EDITDA was, at €338.3 […]
RTL Group on the up
Bertelsmann’s RTL Group saw its revenues rise by 10.3% to €5.6 billion in 2006, while operating EBIT was up by 10.4% to €835 million. Bertelsmann itself saw its revenues increase […]
Austria’s RTR to subsidise set-top boxes
The Austrian media regulator RTR is to spend €5 million on subsidising 66,666 boxes at €60 each to encourage the transition to digital broadcasting. Currently, subscribers of 25 operators serving […]