Modern Times Group (MTG) says reports that it is in talks to sell its stake in Russian DTH pay-TV platform Raduga TV are wrong. There had been reports that MTG was in talks to sell its 50 per cent stake in the operator to one of rival operators Tricolor TV or Orion Express. However, a […]
Cox Communications, the third-largest US cable-television operator, is considering joining the potential bidders for Time Warner Cable, reports Bloomberg. A deal, which be a merger or acquisition, is in the early stages of consideration, apparently. Time Warner Cable, the second-largest US cable company, has become a takeover target as competition from telcos and DTH have […]
DHX Media is to acquire Family, the most-viewed children’s channel in Canada, as well as Disney XD, Disney Junior (English-language channel) and Disney Junior (French-language channel) (together the “Family Channel Business”) from Bell Media for approximately $170 million in cash. The purchase price is expected to be financed with an expanded underwritten credit facility and […]
Harris Interactive, a global market research firm, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Nielsen, the global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Nielsen will commence a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Harris Interactive’s […]
Total Media Networks and OTT Networks have merged to form UUX – a company created to provide network operators with a one-stop, market ready Internet TV-as-a-Service (iTaaS) platform. The UUX iTaaS platform is built on the philosophy that initial user engagement with video is increasingly taking place outside of the living room – on one […]
SES’ CEO Romain Bausch presented the SES satellite story at the Barcelona TMT conference organised by Morgan Stanley, and explained that SES had a solid outlook as far as its video business was concerned (70-75 per cent of sales), and also elaborated on how he saw the balance of its revenues shaping up. But the […]
Liberty Global is still considering a consolidation of Ziggo to expand in the Netherlands, after the operator had rejected its offer last month. “We clearly are looking long term about the possibility of a combination,” Liberty Global CFO Charles Bracken said at an investor conference in Barcelona. “There are clearly synergies, however Liberty is very […]
Discovery Communications and Television Francaise 1 (TF1) are in talks over the possibility that the US firm could take control of the French broadcaster’s sports network Eurosport group earlier than initially planned. Discovery – which last year bought a 20 per cent stake in Eurosport for $221.6 million – has a call option to raise […]
Investment fund Altice has agreed to buy additional shares in French cable operator Numericable from private equity funds Cinven and Carlyle Group. This would increase its stake to 40 per cent from 30 per cent. The operation, which will give Altice a majority of votes on Numericable’s board of directors, is expected to be completed […]
International kids network KidsCo is closing down following NBCUniversal’s move to buy all of preschool network Sprout. The decision has been made to stop broadcasting the channel due to the “challenging” nature of the crowded kids TV channels business and “problems growing the net. “As a result, both shareholders – NBCUniversal and Corus Entertainment – […]