Genexis – a European market expert in home gateways for fibre-to-the-home – has acquired the CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) business unit of PacketFront. With effect of the 1st of February, all activities of the business unit will be fully integrated into Genexis and its new subsidiary – Genexis AB – based in Stockholm, Sweden. “This […]
Disney has completed its acquisition of UTV, paying $454 million for the shares in the Indian media group that it did not already own. Disney plans to delist UTV from the Indian stock exchange and is creating Walt Disney Company India, a new holding company that will manage UTV alongside its other assets in the […]
Deutsche Telekom and NetCologne have challenged the German antitrust authority’s approval of Liberty Global’s acquisition of Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg, Boersen-Zeitung has reported. Concessions accepted by the watchdog don’t guarantee market competition for contracts with housing associations, which often reach long-term agreements with cable operators, the German newspaper reports Deutsche Telekom as saying.
There’s a bidding war breaking out to control Turkey’s Calik Holdings, the nation’s second-largest media group with extensive TV and print investments. Calik owns Sabah-ATV, which it bought in 2007 for $1.1 billion. Reports are that Calik is seeking $1.25 billion for its media assets. Already Time Warner’s name is in the frame, as well […]
Intel has signed an agreement with RealNetworks to purchase a significant number of patents from the company, as well as next generation video codec software, for $120 million. Under the terms of the sale, RealNetworks will retain certain rights to continue to use the patents in current and future products. In addition to the sale […]
Not to be confused with the similarly-named IP Vision, which announced January 26th that it had appointed administrators, IPTV service provider Vision IPTV has merged with sister companies to form VISION247. The combination unites four sister companies: Vision IPTV in the provision of IPTV services, Playout247 in providing broadcast services, Soho Data Centre in providing […]
Vision IPTV, Playout247, Soho Data Centre and Connexion Broadcast are now officially operating as one: VISION247. The combination unites the four sister companies, Vision IPTV in the provision of IPTV services, Playout247 in providing broadcast services, Soho Data Centre in providing Data Centre services and Connexion Broadcast in providing worldwide content distribution through hotels and […]
Sony Pictures Television has boosted its UK stable of channels to six after signing a multi-million pound deal to buy Dolphin Broadcasting, owner of channels including Movies4Men. Sony will also make its first move into TV ad sales in the UK, taking a majority stake in Dolphin’s sales house. Dolphin which owns five male-themed TV […]
Reports Saturday suggest that Spanish infrastructure company Abertis, having sold down 50 per cent of its Eutelsat holdings, wants to increase its position in Spain’s Hispasat (where Eutelsat also has a large 27.7 per cent stake). Abertis owns 33.39 per cent of Hispasat, and Spanish newspaper Expansión talks of Abertis wanting to start talks with […]
Eutelsat’s biggest shareholder, Spanish infrastructure company Abertis, is selling down half of its stake in the satellite operator. Abertis Telecom on January 12th said it would be selling 16 per cent of Eutelsat in a transaction worth about €1 billion. Abertis, as a condition of the transaction, must maintain its remaining stake in Eutelsat for […]