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Altice seeks SFR share control

In addition to announcing its plans to overhaul its organisational structure, multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice is to simplify the Group’s ownership structure and enhance its organisational flexibility through an exchange offer for the outstanding 22.25 per cent of shares in telco subsidiary SFR Group not currently owned by Altice. Altice […]

September 5, 2016

FOTV Media Networks launches IPO

FOTV Media Networks Inc., the interrelated group of digital media companies which produces and distributes hologram, virtual reality, 360 and premium Hollywood content globally with an over-the-top (OTT) audience of more than 75 million monthly unique users of its live and on-demand movies and television, has confirmed the launch of its initial public offering of […]

August 19, 2016By Colin Mann

Kaltura: $50m Goldman Sachs investment

Video technology provider Kaltura has secured a $50 million (€45.1m) pre-IPO funding from Goldman Sachs’ Private Capital Investing group. Kaltura will use the additional capital to extend its footprint across all six continents, and to further its positioning as the ‘Everything Video’ company – providing leading video products for an unprecedented array of markets and […]

August 8, 2016

Think tank: “Privatise ‘biased’ BBC”

A report from right-wing policy institute the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has described the BBC as “no longer fit for purpose,” suggesting that its market power – especially in terms of news provision – coupled with its compulsory funding method and its closeness to the political process is hugely problematic. According to the IEA, […]

April 28, 2016By Colin Mann

India’s TataSky to mount IPO?

India pay-TV broadcaster TataSky, 30 per cent owned by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox (and 51 per cent by conglomerate Tata Groupo) is again contemplating mounting an Initial Public Offering (IPO). This is not the first time the operator has been rumoured to be considering a public float, but this time the reports seem well-founded. […]

March 29, 2016By Chris Forrester

India’s Videocon d2h considers local IPO

Indian DTH broadcaster Videocon d2h already has a stock market listing, on New York’s NASDAQ, but executive chairman Saurabh Dhoot told analysts that its board of directors would “look at all aspects such as an Indian listing, aspects around buyback, and things like that.” Videocon d2h mounted its US IPO in April 2015, although had […]

February 23, 2016By Chris Forrester

Turksat IPO in 2016

Ankara-based satellite operator Turksat is to mount an IPO next year provided Turkey’s government approves a change in local regulations to permit the move. Tuirksat’s CEO Ensar Gul said he expects the new Justice and Development Party government, formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu last month, to change the company’s articles of association to allow […]

December 9, 2015By Chris Forrester

Telesat ponders IPO again

Telesat of Canada is reportedly again trying to persuade its shareholders to agree to mounting an IPO.  This is by no means the first time that a potential IPO has been talked about but other attempts have failed to secure the mutual agreement of Telesat’s two major investors. A November 9th SEC filing saw shareholder […]

November 13, 2015By Chris Forrester

Turksat plans IPO

With Turksat’s latest satellite (Turksat 4B, on October 16th) now safely launched, the next challenge is to mount an IPO, says the firm’s CEO. International Launch Services carried out the 4B launch using a Proton rocket from the Baikonur spaceport. Ensar Gul, chairman and CEO at Turksat, says that an international firm of auditors has […]

October 23, 2015By Chris Forrester

IMAX prices China IPO

Giant screen specialists IMAX have priced the float of its Chinese spin-off company. The Canada-based parent company will hold onto almost 70 per cent of the stock of the new business, with the remaining 30 per cent priced at $4. The new company, IMAX China, will raise around $248 million in the process. Which is […]

October 2, 2015By Chris Forrester