Russia’s Renova Media is reported to have received two credits totalling R6 billion (€84.2 million) from Sberbank. The money has been earmarked for future investment, and in particular the Moscow […]
Sky waits for Competition call
BSkyB is preparing to reduce its controversial stake in commercial broadcaster ITV to around 10%. On Friday the Competition Commission sent its report to business secretary John Hutton with a […]
Integan wants to postpone sale to Telenet
The management team of the Belgian cable operator Integan has said it wants to postpone the sale of Interkabel’s TV activities to Telenet. Last month, Telenet and Interkabel announced a […]
Finnish explore YLE smart card
Finland’s ministry of justice is to examine the possibility of encrypting DTT transmissions from the public broadcaster YLE and issuing smart cards only to those that have paid the television […]
Discovery Channel plans IPO
Discovery Channel will have more than the sharks of its famous programming block to watch out for as the network’s parent company announced plans to take the company public. It […]
Multimedia starts share buy-back
The Polish MSO Multimedia Polska is reported to have begun a buy-back of its shares. It has allocated PLN120 million (€33.5 million) for the process, which it expects to complete […]
Corbina looks for cash boost
The Russian company Corbina Telecom plans to sell between 20-30% of its shares in an IPO in London or Russia in the second half of 2008, according to a local […]
Springer to offload ProSiebenSat.1 shares
The German Axel Springer publishing house said on Monday evening that it will completely withdraw from the television business by offloading its 12% share in commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 in a […]
Netgem acquires Glowria
Netgem, the French company that specialises in set-top boxes for DTT, IPTV and web access, has said it will buy the on demand and online DVD rental company Glowria from […]
Cinven to sell part of Numericable
Investment firm Cinven is about to sell half of its 70% interest in French cable operator Numéricable, according to a French newspaper report. Carlyle and Providence are named as potential […]