UPC Austria has acquired 15 smaller privately owned cable networks with a total of 27,000 subscribers in the region of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich). The total of homes served by the […]
Avenue Capital buys into Premiere Star
Private equity fund Avenue Capital Group has purchased a 6.5% stake in Premiere Star from Premiere GmbH. The acquisition reduces Premiere’s own holding in the mini-pay platform to 59.8%. In […]
TVN completes bond issue
The Polish national commercial broadcaster TVN has completed a PLN500 million (€148.8 million) bond issue.
Versatel buys Level 4 operator
The German branch of Versatel says it has reached an agreement with the Deutsche Wohnen AG group to acquire AKF Telekabel TV und Datennetze GmbH (AKF) in Frankfurt am Main. […]
Microsoft acquires Navic Networks
Microsoft has announced the acquisition of Navic Networks, a provider of television advertising solutions. Navic’s technologies include campaign management tools
EWE Tel acquires Hamburg cable net
The German cable operator EWE Tel in the northern city of Oldenburg has acquired the Hamburg cable operator Martens, according to the two companies.
Ziggo: report about pending IPO “complete nonsense”
Following Dutch reports in Het Financiele Dagblad that cabler Ziggo was preparing an IPO, a spokesperson for the company was very quick to dismiss them as “complete nonsense”. The newspaper […]
TV4 buys C More for €320m
ProSiebenSat.1 is selling the Scandinavian pay-TV group C More to Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4. The €320m sale is designed to cut debt at the group, which acquired C More as […]
NBC charts map to Weather Channel
NBC Universal has emerged as the likely buyer of The Weather Channel after the withdrawal of Time Warner from the auction of one of America’s most iconic cable brands.
Telenet upholds Interkabel offer
The Belgian cable operator Telenet has said it will uphold its offer of €350 million for the TV activities of the Interkabel networks. The company sees no need to revise […]