BSkyB’s £940 million share grab in commercial broadcaster ITV may have originally had the backing of a private equity partner. The Guardian reports that the private equity company pulled out […]
Orion Cable takes control of Primacom
German cable operator Orion Cable has acquired a majority of the shares in Primacom. Orion now owns, directly and indirectly, 12,743,422 shares, which represents 53.86% of the total ownership. This […]
Premiere Star makes its way into cable
German DTH platform Premiere Star plans to offer its bouquet of channels to cable operators early next year. Talks with a number of Level 4 operators have now started for […]
Balderton to invest in Top Up TV
Top Up TV is to explore international opportunities following a new investment in the company by Balterton Captial. As part of the arrangement Balterton partner Tim Bunting will join the […]
YooMedia cuts its losses
YooMedia reduced its pre-tax losses in the first half as the interactive TV company benefited from a reduction in interest costs and administration expenses. YooMedia reported a first half pre-tax […]
BigBang for BigBand as revenue expectations deflate
Switched digital video and data head-end equipment vendor Bigband Networks has warned that its Q3 revenues will be in the $35-39 million range,as opposed to the expected $54-58 million. The […]
Orange Dutch mobile and broadband to DT
The long expected final stage of an extensive asset swap between the French and German incumbent telcos France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom, namely the sale of the Dutch Orange division […]
Cogeco rules out PT purchase
Jules Grenier, deputy CEO of Portuguese operator Cabovisao has ruled out the acquisition of rival net PT Multimedia. Jornal de Negocios quoted Grenier has saying the purchase would be too […]
Apace posts good results
Apace Media has posted a turnover of £4.6 million (€6.6 million) for H1 2007, or £100,000 more than in the corresponding period last year. At the same time, it had […]
Five new channels for Star India
Star plans to launch five new TV channels in India, said News Corp president and COO Peter Chernin at a US investor conference. “There’s a land grab for channel space […]