One of US cable’s biggest-ever merger is set to go ahead after the antitrust regulators okayed Charter Communication’s US$78 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable. The Department of Justice said it had permitted the deal, and Charter’s related US$10.4 billion acquisition of Bright House Networks from Advance/Newhouse Partnership, with conditions. Comcast was stopped from buying […]
Cable magnate John Malone-backed US cable operator Charter Communications has struck a deal to merge with Time Warner Cable and acquire US number six cable operator Bright House Networks in a deal that values Time Warner Cable at US$78.7 billion. Charter is to pay US$195.71 a share, representing a premium of about 14% of Time […]
MarVista Entertainment’s new digital unit has struck a deal with US cable content distributor iN DEMAND. This will see MarVista Digital Entertainment’s new release and library programming run on VOD services from the likes of Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Bright House Networks via iN DEMAND’s Movie On Demand platform. Disney Channel original […]
