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MFE profit up 24% in H1

Italy-based broadcasting group, MFE-MediaForEurope, has reported a 24 per cent annual growth in net profit for the first half of 2025, to €130.2 million. Even when excluding the impact of the investment in Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, adjusted net profit remained positive at €80.7 million. Consolidated net revenues in the same period dipped 2.7 per cent to […]

September 26, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Double exit on ProSiebenSat.1’s Supervisory Board

Klára Brachtlová and Christoph Mainusch, members of the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, have informed the Supervisory board that they have decided to step down from their office, effective immediately. This follows the settlement of the voluntary public takeover offer by MFE‑MediaForEurope, which is now the majority shareholder of ProSiebenSat.1.    Brachtlová is a representative of […]

September 18, 2025

MFE now majority shareholder in ProSiebenSat.1

MFE-MediaForEurope, the TV group controlled by Italy’s Berlusconi family, has announced the final results of the voluntary public takeover offer to the shareholders of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE. Following the end of the additional acceptance period of the MFE offer on September 1st, MFE has secured a total stake of 75.61 per cent of ProSiebenSat.1 shares through its […]

September 4, 2025

MFE set to seal ProSiebenSat.1 deal

MediaForEurope (MFE) looks set to control of ProSiebenSat.1 after Czech investment group PPF declared it would sell its 15.7 per cent stake – comprising of 36,539,628 shares – in the German broadcaster to the TV group controlled by Italy’s Berlusconi family. The move clears the way for MFE take full control of ProSiebenSat.1, effectively putting […]

August 28, 2025

43.5% stake in ProSiebenSat.1 secured by MFE

MFE-MediaForEurope (MFE) has formally announced the results of the initial acceptance period of the voluntary public takeover offer to the shareholders of ProSiebenSat.1 Media. Additionally, PPF IM LTD, an indirect subsidiary of PPF Group, also formally announced the final results of its partial acquisition offer. Following the end of the initial acceptance period of the MFE […]

August 19, 2025

MFE raises ProSiebenSat.1 offer

MFE-MEDIAFOREUROPE has increased the offer consideration for its voluntary public takeover offer to the shareholders of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE. According to the MFE announcement, the offer consideration will be increased from €4.48 in cash and a share component of 0.4 MFE-A shares per ProSiebenSat.1 share by 0.9 MFE-A shares to a share component of 1.3 […]

July 28, 2025

ProSiebenSat.1 Boards deem PFF offer “inadequate”

The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media have welcomed the partial public acquisition offer made by PPF, an indirect subsidiary of PPF Group, but say they consider the offer price “inadequate from a financial point of view”. The boards have thus decided not to make a recommendation regarding the acceptance of the […]

June 18, 2025

PPF ups ProSiebenSat.1 offer

PPF IM, an indirect subsidiary of PPF Group, which currently owns a stake of close to 15 per cent in ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE through shares and instruments, has published its decision to launch a public acquisition offer in the form of a partial offer for the acquisition of a number of ProSiebenSat.1 shares yet to […]

May 12, 2025

MFE gains approval for ProSiebenSat.1 acquisition

MFE-MediaForEurope has announced that the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting held on May 7th approved the authorisation of the board of directors to issue new class A ordinary shares. The transaction is part of the public tender offer announced on March 26th for all shares of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, providing for a mixed consideration in cash and in […]

May 8, 2025

MFE confirms takeover bid for ProSiebenSat.1

MFE-MediaForEurope has confirmed its intention to issue a voluntary public takeover offer to increase its stake in German entertainment group ProSiebenSat.1 Media. In the announcement, MFE stated it expected to offer to tendering ProSiebenSat.1 shareholders an offer consideration equal to the three months VWAP of the ProSieben share (as calculated by the German Federal Financial […]

April 3, 2025