Advanced Television

IPO

India’s Videcon d2h puts IPO on hold

India’s Videocon d2h pay-TV operation has asked the country’s Securities & Exchange Board to put on ‘hold’ its prospectus for an IPO which it filed on September 30th last year. US-based Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp (SEAC) invested $303.7 million (for 33.5 per cent stake) into the d2h business on January 7th and is seeking a […]

February 17, 2015By Chris Forrester

Imagine acquires RGB Networks

In a move that boosts its end-to-end video distribution capability with Dynamic Ad Insertion, Just-in-Time Packaging and Cloud DVR Technology, advertising management and video infrastructure solutions specialist Imagine Communications has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of RGB Networks, Inc., a leading provider of multiscreen video delivery solutions based in Sunnyvale, California. The […]

January 27, 2015

Tele Columbus shares priced at €10

Tele Columbus has set the offer price for shares for its IPO at €10 per share . The offer price is therefore at the mid-point of the price range from €8 to €12 per share. The offering was well oversubscribed at the offer price. A total of 51,022,500 shares will be placed, comprising 33.3 million […]

January 22, 2015

Tele Columbus sets IPO price range

Tele Columbus, Germany’s third largest cable network operator, has revealed further details on its initial public offering. The price range for the offered shares has been set at €8 to €12 per share. The offer period will start on January 13th 2015 and is expected to end on January 21st 2015. The admission to trading […]

January 13, 2015

Tele Columbus progresses IPO plans

Tele Columbus AG, the third-largest German cable network operator, is moving ahead with its plans for an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Tele Columbus intends to list its shares on the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the first half of 2015, market conditions permitting. The IPO will consist of new shares […]

January 2, 2015

India’s Videocon d2h mounts IPO

Videocon d2h, formerly Bharti subsidiary Bharat Business Channel, is to mount an IPO and raise some 7 billion Rupees ($113 million) and using half of the cash raised to fund the purchase of new set-top boxes, dishes and similar elements. About R1.75 billion will be used to pay down debt, and the balance used for […]

October 6, 2014By Chris Forrester

Tele Columbus goes public

Germany’s third-largest cable company Tele Columbus has been converted into a joint-stock company, effective September 12. The Berlin-based company (now officially Tele Columbus AG) has been working towards a change in its structure for the past few years. “The new legal form also gives us more flexibility for additional growth and the future development of […]

September 16, 2014By Chris Forrester

KIPCO gets OSN offer

Kuwait Investment Projects, the majority owner of Dubai-based Orbit Showtime Network (OSN), has reportedly received an offer to by 100 per cent of OSN. KIPCO, in a statement July 20th, said the offer was confidential and would be presented to the board for a decision. KIPCO is a 60.5 per cent owner in OSN, the […]

July 21, 2014By Chris Forrester

Kim Dotcom plans to float music sharing service

Controversial tech icon Kim Dotcom is planning to raise £2.5 million for his new digital music service ‘Baboom’ by taking it public on the Australian Securities Exchange by the end of 2014. The plans were revealed in a 41-page prospectus being distributed to potential investors, as well as published on Baboom’s website. The company is […]

July 15, 2014

Ateme IPO, video compression for EBU

Ateme, a specialist in video compression solutions, has raised €13.3 million in an IPO on the Euronext Paris market. Ateme said the offering was oversubscribed at a rate of nearly 2.5 times the number of shares offered. Following the IPO, the company has a market capitalisation of €44.7 million. Meanwhile, Ateme has delivered 700 Kyrion […]

July 11, 2014