Media takeovers are all the rage at the moment – the latest being Liberty Global’s $20bn deal for Virgin Media – and the boys in dark glasses who still inhabit the undergrowth of the City of London financial district are ...
Read More »John Malone’s Liberty lines up $20bn Virgin Media bid, Lebedevs expand in London with local TV
John Malone’s Liberty Global, a big US-based cable company, is planning a bid for the UK’s Virgin Media according to the Financial Times. Virgin Media, in which Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin holds just a three per cent stake (despite appearances ...
Read More »DirecTV and Grey NY score again with ‘Genie’
Everybody loves US satellite broadcaster DirecTV’s ads and Grey New York has produced another winner, this time plugging its ‘Genie’ device which allows you to record five shows at once. In the process it directs a few well-aimed kicks into ...
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