Charlie Ergen, in a conference call with analysts, happily confirmed that a much-talked about potential merger between his flat-lining pay-TV broadcaster DISh and rival DirecTV as making sense. “There’s no question that putting DISH and DirecTV together makes a lot of sense,” Ergen said Tuesday on DISH’s second quarter earnings call with analysts and reporters. […]
Jeff Bezos has bought The Washington Post. At $250 million it is a snip – when viewed as a fraction of his personal fortune – for one of the great remaining ego trips. That is what owning a big newspaper is all about; always has been, always will be. That doesn’t make it a bad […]
RTL Netherlands has bought Dutch VoD service Videoland as it seeks to and take on Netflix in the Dutch market. RTL Netherlands has purchased 65 per cent of Videoland’s parent firm The Entertainment Group (TEG), with RTL Netherlands CEO Bert Habets commenting that the deal was a “logical next step in the development of our […]
YOU On Demand, the Chinese VoD platform in China, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its interest in Jinan Broadband to Shandong Broadcast Network for total consideration of RMB 29,000,000 (approximately $4.7 million in cash), subject to customary closing conditions. YOU On Demand Chairman, Shane McMahon, said, “With our senior management team and […]
Portugal’s Competition Authority has authorised the purchase of telecommunications operator Oni by Altice, the owner of Portuguese cable TV operator, Cabovisão. In its ruling, the regulator decided “not to oppose the deal”, announced on June 3rd, as it believes that it does not create competition problems. Previously, Luxembourg-based Altice announced plans to purchase Winreason, the […]
In the competitive world of media research SNL Kagan has acquired Multimedia Research Group (MRG), the media and technology research firm based in Arizona. SNL Kagan claims it will expand its US and global coverage through this partnership, adding proprietary research, forecasts and analytics on an expanded suite of media technologies surrounding OTT video and […]
blinkx, the Internet video search engine, has bought Grab Media property. Grab Media is an online video content syndication and advertising platform. The specific assets acquired by blinkx in the transaction will enable the company to add incremental audience and augment its relationships with advertisers, publishers and content providers. “In addition, blinkx plans to hire […]
DirecTV CEO Mike White – not for the first time – has refused to rule out a merger with arch-rival DISH Network. He told analysts “I don’t think it’s productive for me to speculate what regulators may or may not do, but the competitive landscape is very different than it was 10 years ago” when […]
Following the commencement of Vodafone’s voluntary public takeover offer for the entire share capital of Kabel Deutschland, the Management Board and Supervisory Board of Kabel Deutschland Holding AG have published their joint statement pursuant to Section 27 of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz/WpÜG) on the offer document from Vodafone Vierte […]
Portugal’s Competition Authority – Autoridade da Concorrência – has approved a merger between quad-play provider Zon Multimedia and Sonaecom’s mobile unit Optimus. The two companies said that they have been informed of the Authority’s non-opposition to the consolidation process, with the confirmation of the previously announced five conditions. The conditions include: Optimus extends the duration […]