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Vice goes stream only, lines up IPO

Vice Media has launched a free online television channel available on the Roku platform in the US this week, as it markets an IPO to refinance some of the funding taken from TPG private equity in 2017 when it was valued at $5.7 billion (€4.7bn) – it is now hoping for a value of $3 […]

May 11, 2021

MDA wraps IPO offer

Satellite technology and services company MDA has reported an over-allotment of shares following on from its IPO. MDA Corp, the satellite builder formerly known as MacDonald, Dettwiler & Assoc, are perhaps better known as the builders of the Space Shuttle’s sophisticated ‘Canadarm’ robotic crane which is still used on the International Space Station MDA says […]

April 15, 2021By Chris Forrester

Bank favours SES over Eutelsat

Different investment analysts regularly come up with varied opinions as regards their favourite picks in the satellite industry. Now Sami Kassab, from investment bank Exane/BNPP, in a major report takes a deep examination into Europe’s two leading satellite operators. He concludes by favouring SES. His study extends to one of today’s hottest business prospects; SpaceX […]

April 12, 2021

DAZN mulls IPO

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, is considering an IPO. “If circumstances were right, I can see us tapping the public capital markets or the private capital markets over the next few years,” co-CEO James Rushton told Reuters. Owned by billionaire Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries, DAZN debuted in Germany and Japan in 2016, and in December […]

April 9, 2021

MDA prices IPO offer

Space and satellite specialist MDA has announced its share price offer for the upcoming IPO. It will offer shares at C$14 per common share, with the target to raise approximately C$400 million. The offer will close on April 7th. The Toronto Stock Exchange has conditionally approved the listing of the Common Shares, subject to the […]

April 6, 2021By Chris Forrester

DAZN steps up hunt for $1bn

DAZN Group, the sports subscription and distribution company, is looking to raise new investment of as much as $1 billion. It is reportedly consulting advisors on options including selling assets and an IPO. This is not the first time that the media company has sought investment. Fund raising efforts for $500 million were first reported […]

August 21, 2020

fuboTV files for IPO

FaceBank Group has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed follow-on public offering of its common stock. The offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether, or when, the offering may be completed or as to […]

August 11, 2020By Colin Mann