Advanced Television

IPO

Siano eyes US mobile DTV, IPO

Attracted by market prospects for mobile TV, Israeli maker of TV chips for mobile devices Siano Mobile Silicon is planning a push into the US in 2012, with the possibility an initial public offering filing as early as 2012, reports Bloomberg. Chief Executive Officer Alon Ironi said that Siano had held conversations with bankers and […]

December 29, 2011By Colin Mann

NDS files for $100m IPO

Pay-TV technology specialist NDS has filed to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of its common stock. The company intends to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘NDSG’. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company did not reveal how […]

December 20, 2011By Colin Mann

Hulu sale cancelled

The planned sale of online video website Hulu has fallen through after months of negotiations between the service’s owners and potential buyers. Hulu’s owners, which include Disney, News Corp, NBC Universal and Providence Equity, revealed they had decided against a sale of the video service. “Since Hulu holds a unique and compelling strategic value to […]

October 14, 2011By Colin Mann

FilmOn.com to list in Frankfurt

FilmOn.com PLC, the Internet-based high-definition television service, has topped the European App Store Charts with its FilmOn Apple App for iPhone and iPad on the same day it announced it has listed its UK/European based Live Internet Television Service on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with the trading symbol FMX. “Most of the Channels on the […]

August 15, 2011By Colin Mann

NDS set for NY listing

News Corp and Permira, the European private equity group, have hired banks to arrange a New York listing of digital pay-TV technology specialist NDS, which they jointly own, reports the FT. JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have been appointed to assist with the Initial Public Offering, following meetings in New York in recent […]

July 15, 2011By Colin Mann