Vodafone has emerged as one of several parties interested in buying the Portuguese cable operator Cabovisão.
Altice puts Cabovisão on the market
Altice has put up Portuguese cable net Cabovisão for sale, just three years after it acquired the operation from Montreal-based Cogeco Cable.
Mixed fortunes for Altice cablecos
Israel’s HOT remains by far and away Altice’s most lucrative cable asset.
Thema clings new deals for Luxe.TV
Paris-based distributor Thema has announced new agreements for the distribution of Luxe.TV HD in Angola, Russia and Portugal.
Cabovisão secured by Nagra
Portuguese operator Cabovisão has deployed Nagra content protection solutions as part of its next generation TV offer.
Altice acquires Cabovisao for €45m
Montreal-based Cogeco Cable has sold its Portuguese subsidiary, Cabovisao – Televisao por Cabo SA, to European group Altice for €45million. Cogeco acquired Cabovisao for $660 million (€496 million) in 2006.
Cabovisão to be sold
The Portuguese cable operator Cabovisão is understood to be up for sale.
Subscriber losses hit Cabovisao
Net customer losses and downgrades characterised another troubled quarter for Cabovisao.
Cabovisao write-off hits Cogeco
Canadian cablenet Cogeco plunged to a third quarter loss after the operator accepted a C$225.9 million (€164.09m) charge as it wrote off its investment in its Portuguese operation.
Economic woes hit Cabovisão
Portugal’s parlous economic state continues to be a worry for cableco Cabovisão and its Canadian parent Cogeco.