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 […]
No decision on ProSiebenSat.1 Dutch and Nordic sale
Outgoing ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Lothar Lanz has told the company’s AGM that the German commercial broadcaster is still looking at a sale of its non-core businesses in Scandinavia and the Netherlands.
Déficom intends to sell its share in BeTV
The Belgian holding company Déficom plans to sell its 33 per cent share in pay TV operator BeTV, the former Walloon Canal+ Belgium. The group hopes to sell its stake […]
JumpTV and NeuLion set to merge
JumpTV and NeuLion have announced the signing of a binding letter of intent to merge, creating a broadband TV provider of online sports, international and religious programming.
Iliad sees Alice through the fibreglass
Iliad looks set to acquire the Alice brand in the French market after the company announced it had entered into exclusive negotiations with Telecom Italia over the sale of the […]
Khrunichev buys majority share in ILS
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has purchased a majority interest in International Launch Services, the company that uses the Proton launch platform in Kazakhstan.
Sever shipments deliver for SeaChange
SeaChange has reported a year-on year revenue increase of 17%. The VOD technology and services provider said the revenues of $45 million (€28.94m) in the first quarter of its 2009 […]