The Competition and Markets authority has referred the proposed merger of Liberty Global’s Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile with Telefonica’s O2 for an in-depth Phase 2 investigation.
Triax to merge with Ikusi Multimedia
Denmark’s Triax and the Spanish company Ikusi Multimedia have announced their planned merger in an agreement between Triax’s owner Polaris Private Equity and Ikusi Multimedia owner Velatia Group.
Magyar Telekom holds bond auction
The Hungarian incumbent Magyar Telekom has raised HUF70.83 billion (€196 million) in a successful bond auction.
Vodafone becomes Converged Gigabit Challenger
Vodafone says its agreement with Liberty Global in Germany and Central Europe has enabled it to become Germany’s ‘Converged Gigabit Challenger’ with 55.2 million SIM connections and 13.5 million TV subscribers.
Liberty Global completes acquisition of Sunrise
Liberty Global has completed its acquisition of Sunrise Communications.
Canal+ Polska IPO cancelled
TVN Media and Liberty Global Ventures have decided to cancel the planned IPO of their shares in Canal+ Polska.
Liberty Global holds 96.5% of Swiss operator Sunrise
Liberty Global has announced that 43,670,149 Sunrise shares have been tendered, corresponding to 96.48% of the fully diluted share capital of Sunrise.
RTL Group sells shareholding in BroadbandTV
RTL Group has announced that it has completed the sale of its entire shareholding in Vancouver-based BroadbandTV to BBTV Holdings Inc, effective October 28, for €102 million (C$158.8 million).
Ateme acquires majority stake in Anevia
Following the announcement on October 6 of the final agreements between Ateme and the main shareholders of Anevia have completion the first contribution in kind to Atema by the majority shareholders.
Canal+ Polska set for IPO
Canal+ Polska has announced its intention to float on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.