The French Competition Authority (Autorité de la Concurrence) has approved Cellnex’s acquisition of Hivory from Altice France and Starlight Holdco. The acquisition will now be finalised in the next few days.
Eutelsat “unanimously rejects” Drahi offer
Eutelsat has unanimously rejected an offer from Altice’s founder and owner Patrick Drahi pricing the satellite operator at €12.10 per share.
Dizi expands to Portugal
SPI/FilmBox and Altice’s Meo have signed a distribution agreement to bring the drama brand Dizi to Portugal.
SFR opts for MediaKind
Altice France’s SFR has extended the deployment of MediaKind’s Video Storage and Processing Platform (VSPP) solution to deliver live OTT coverage of UEFA’s Champions League.
Altice to shed Portuguese employees
Altice is offering voluntary redundancy to 2,000 employees in Portugal.
Altice holds steady in first quarter
Altice Europe had total revenues of €3,631.5 million in Q1, or 3.6% more than in the corresponding period last year.
Carriage without contract: BFM takes legal action against Free
BFM TV, RMC Découverte and RMC Story are demanding €7 million from Free after the operator retransmitted the channels without permission.
Altice ends 2019 on a high
Altice Europe saw revenue growth in all its business segments in the last quarter of 2019.
Altice acquires 100% of Covage by SFR FTTH
Altice Europe has announced that SFR FTTH has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Cube Infrastructure Fund and Partners Group regarding the acquisition of 100% of Covage for a total cash consideration of €1.0 billion.
French competition authority lifts Numericable restrictions
The Autorité de la concurrence has lifted the restrictions placed on Altice, imposed when its subsidiary Numericable acquired the mobile network SFR.