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Former SES boss wants $250m for space venture

Ed Horowitz ran SES’s Americom business from 2005-2008 and was an Executive VP at Viacom for 8 years (1989-1997) and SVP/Operations at HBO (1974-1989). In other words, he has plenty of media and satellite experience. He now wants to raise $250 million for his next venture which is very much space related. For the past […]

March 30, 2021

AT&T looks to sell DirecTV

AT&T has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to advise it on a sale of its DTH pay-TV operation DirecTV. AT&T bought DirecTV back in 2015 and – including the operator’s borrowings – paid some $67 billion overall ($49 billion plus debts). But the AT&T purchase happened with the rise and rise of rival content bouquets […]

September 1, 2020By Chris Forrester