An intriguing idea been floated around by Defence news expert Larry Ramer, suggesting that Amazon should buy – or make a considerable investment – in AST SpaceMobile. Ramer explained: “In light of the tremendous potential of AST’s technology, I also would not be surprised if AMZN eventually decides to buy AST for as much as […]

TPG, an alternative asset management firm, has announced the completion of its acquisition from AT&T of the remaining 70 per cent stake in DirecTV it did not already own. With the completion of this transaction, DirecTV is now a wholly owned portfolio company of TPG Capital, the firm’s US and European private equity platform. This […]

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of Juniper Networks, a specialist in AI-native networks. The transaction, valued at $14 billion, doubles the size of HPE’s networking business and provides customers with a  portfolio of networking solutions. “Today begins a new era for HPE – we are now at […]

Oaktree Capital Management has acquired FilmRise, the US digital streaming content distributor, and merged it with existing portfolio company Shout! Studios, an independent film and television distributors. The combined company, Radial Entertainment, will serve as a global content distribution platform boasting a library of around 70,000 movies and TV episodes. Garson Foos, CEO and Co-founder […]

Telia Company has closed the sale of its TV & Media business to Schibsted, first announced in February, at an enterprise value of SEK 6.55 billion (€0.59bn) on a cash and debt-free basis. Through a multi-year distribution partnership, Telia will continue to include TV4 and MTV’s content in its consumer TV offerings. Patrik Hofbauer, Telia […]

ORS Group and Insys Video Technologies have announced the launch of a new joint brand identity: Big Blue Marble. The move reflects the evolution of a partnership between the two companies who share a mission to shape the future of media and entertainment through scalable, intuitive and cloud-native video service solutions. Emerging from a collaboration […]

Sky Europe is to sell its Sky Deutschland operation. RTL will acquire the German-language pay-TV operation which includes subscribers in Austria and Switzerland as well as Germany itself. RTL is paying an initial €150 million “with additional variable consideration linked to future value creation”. The end result for RTL will be an audience of 11.5 […]

Lynk Global is a would-be global operator of a satellite-based ‘direct-to-mobile’ phone operation. Slam Corp, founded by former MLB star Alex Rodriguez, signed a merger agreement with Lynk in February 2024. That merger is now the subject of a formal complaint from Slam which argues that Lynk has failed to complete the merger. Consequently, Slam […]

Liberty Media has received unconditional approval from the European Commission to complete its acquisition of MotoGP rights holder Dorna Sports. The deal is now expected to close no later than July 3rd, opening the door to a new era for the sport. MotoGP is already currently seeing record crowds, new venues and growing audiences. Liberty […]

A Delaware bankruptcy court on June 23rd approved the long-term acquisition by AST SpaceMobile (AST) of Ligado’s L-band spectrum over North America. The judge, Thomas Horan, was brief in saying: “I am going to grant the motion today. The motion is granted”. The motion in question was that AST would pay $568 million (€490m) to […]