Xiaomi launches $10bn Hong Kong listing
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has filed to list on Hong Kong stock market, in a move that is expected to raise up to $10 billion (€8.35bn). The stock market flotation…
AT&T pulls DirecTV LatAm IPO
The long-awaited, but much delayed, Initial Public Offering (IPO) for the AT&T-owned Vrio division is not going ahead – at least for the moment. Vrio looks after the DirecTV broadcast…
MTG splits off Nordic Entertainment Group
The Board of Directors of digital entertainment group Modern Times Group has decided to initiate a process to split MTG into two companies – Modern Times Group MTG AB and…
AT&T files for potential DirecTV LatAm IPO
US telco AT&T has confirmed that it has filed of a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a potential initial public offering (IPO) of a minority…
AT&T confirms DirecTV LatAm spin-off
US telco AT&T says it is planning an IPO for its DirecTV Latin America division. AT&T says it will be floating a minority interest in DTV-LA. The IPO will likely…
Platinum Eagle fund from Sagansky and Sloan
Serial media entrepreneurs Jeff Sagansky and Harry Sloan have raised $325 million in their new Platinum Eagle Acquisition fund designed to take advantage of what they say is a particularly…
Altice to spin off US ops
Multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice N.V. is to separate Altice USA Inc. from Altice N.V. (which will be renamed Altice Europe). The separation will enable each…
APT mounts Chinese IPO
Bermuda-incorporated (but operating from Hong Kong) APT Satellite, and backed by China Satellite Communications (CSCC), has issued new shares which will be traded on the Chinese mainland. Its shares were…
Liberty completes LatAm split-off
Suggesting the newly-listed company is well-positioned to leverage world-class technology, innovation and scale, Liberty Latin America, which has telecommunications operations in Chile, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and other parts of…
Arqiva IPO latest
Last week, UK-based transmission and teleport operator Arqiva pulled its IPO citing market volatility as the reason. Now it seems that a trade sale could be in the offing. The…