Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a meeting in Rome, Italy, March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi MILAN (Reuters) – Shares in Mediaset fell more than 5 percent on Monday after the party of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi... More »
MILAN/PARIS French media group Vivendi (VIV.PA) agreed on Friday to buy the pay-TV operation of Italian broadcaster Mediaset (MS.MI), completing a major step in billionaire businessman Vincent Bollore’s plan to build a southern European content and video-on-de... More »
MILAN Italian broadcaster Mediaset (MS.MI) poured cold water on Tuesday on speculation it was planning to sell part of its pay TV unit to French group Vivendi (VIV.PA). Chief Financial Officer Marco Giordani told analysts Mediaset Premium was part of the compa... More »
MILAN Silvio Berlusconi’s broadcaster Mediaset is close to selling its pay-TV unit to Vivendi, three sources close to the matter said, a move that would strengthen the French media group’s grip on Italy. Vivendi is already the top shareholder in Telecom Italia... More »
MILAN France’s Vivendi has tabled an offer for a majority stake in the pay TV unit of Mediaset, Il Corriere della Sera said on Saturday. The offer has been on the table of the Italian broadcaster’s CEO for several days, the newspaper said without citing source... More »
MILAN Italian phone group Telecom Italia has reached an agreement with Mediaset (MS.MI) to sell the broadcaster’s pay-TV content to its own clients, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Confirming a report in Italian business daily Il Sole 24... More »
MILAN British mobile phone giant Vodafone has reached an agreement with Mediaset to offer pay-TV content of the Italian broadcaster to its customers in the southern European country, the two companies said in a joint statement on Thursday. The offer, which bun... More »
