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Morgan Stanley funds wants to take over Tele Columbus

December 21, 2020 09.50 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

An infrastructure fund of the US investment bank Morgan Stanley wants to acquire the majority stake in Germany’s second largest cable operator Tele Columbus.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: acquisition, capital increase, Kublai, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, Rocket Internet, Tele Columbus, United Internet Edited: 22 December 2020 12:08

Liberty Global stays committed to UPC/Sunrise deal

August 27, 2019 08.54 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Liberty Global remains committed to selling its Swiss cable subsidiary UPC to local telco Sunrise under the agreed terms.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline Tagged With: acquisition, Freenet, Liberty Global, Sunrise, UPC Edited: 28 August 2019 07:32

KKR succeeds with Axel Springer offer

August 7, 2019 07.55 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The plan by US financial investor KKR to acquire a strategic investment in German media company Axel Springer has made an important step forward.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline Tagged With: acquisition, Axel Springer, KKR Edited: 7 August 2019 07:57

Vodafone offers concessions to secure Unitymedia acquisition

May 7, 2019 10.07 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone has offered concessions to gain approval from the European Commission for its planned takeover of Liberty Global’s German cable operator Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: acquisition, concessions, European Commission, Hannes Ametsreiter, Liberty Global, Telefonica, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 7 May 2019 14:30

Sunrise to acquire UPC Switzerland from Liberty Global

February 27, 2019 21.59 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Swiss telecommunications company Sunrise has agreed to acquire cable operator UPC Switzerland, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Global, for an enterprise value of CHF6.3 billion (€5.5 billion).

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: acquisition, Cablecom, Eric Tveter, Liberty Global, Mike Fries, Olaf Swantee, Severina Pascu, Sunrise, Swisscom, UPC Switzerland Edited: 1 March 2019 09:03

UPC Switzerland: Sunrise in “advanced discussions” with Liberty Global

February 27, 2019 21.14 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The possible acquisition of Liberty Global’s Swiss cable operator UPC Schweiz by Swiss telecommunications company Sunrise Communications Group is further taking shape.

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: acquisition, Liberty Global, Sunrise, UPC Schweiz, UPC Switzerland Edited: 27 February 2019 21:14

FRK welcomes full EC review of Vodafone/Liberty deal

December 14, 2018 09.30 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator association FRK welcomes the decision by the European Commission (EC) to launch an in-depth investigation into Vodafone’s proposed acquisition of Liberty Global’s German subsidiary Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: acquisition, European Commission, FRK, Heinz-Peter Labonte, investigation, Liberty Global, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 14 December 2018 16:31

Tele Columbus opposes Vodafone/Unitymedia merger

November 8, 2018 16.05 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Tele Columbus, the third-largest German cable operator, rejects the planned acquisition of Unitymedia by Vodafone.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: acquisition, Tele Columbus, Timm Degenhardt, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 12 November 2018 09:51

German Cartel Office requests referral of Vodafone/Unitymedia merger case

November 8, 2018 10.04 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Federal German Cartel Office intends to examine the takeover of German cable network operator Unitymedia by telecommunications group Vodafone itself and has requested the European Commission to refer the case to the German authority.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: acquisition, Andreas Mundt, European Comission, Federal Cartel Office, Liberty Global, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 8 November 2018 15:59

Tele Columbus stays on acquisition course

December 6, 2016 08.08 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Germany’s third-largest cable operator Tele Columbus remains interested in acquisitions, mainly of small, but no longer big companies, CEO Ronny Verhelst said at the presentation of the company’s new 4K home platform AdvanceTV in Berlin.

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: acquisition, DOCSIS 3.1, Ronny Verhelst, Tele Columbus Edited: 6 December 2016 08:08

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