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MediaForEurope
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MFE waives minimum acceptance for Mediaset España offer
MediaForEurope (MFE) has waived the minimum acceptance threshold relevant to its attempt to take control…
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MFE ups its offer as Mediaset España takeover falters
MediaForEurope (MFE), the company formerly known as Mediaset, has improved the terms of its public…
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Mediaset España reports slow growth as ad market falters
Broadcaster Mediaset España saw a modest increase in revenues and a significant drop in earnings…
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MFE declines to support discharge of ProSiebenSat.1 supervisory board
MediaForEurope (MFE), owner of Italy’s Mediaset and the biggest shareholder in German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, has…
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ProSiebenSat.1’s Beaujean plays down consolidation ideas ahead of AGM
ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Rainer Beaujean has once again rejected the idea of a merger between his…
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MFE bullish on 2022 prospects, set to abstain in ProSiebenSat.1 vote
MediaForEurope – the company formerly known as Mediaset – has said advertising revenues for the…
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MFE reduces threshold of acceptance for Mediaset España offer
MediaForEurope (MFE), the Dutch-registered media outfit formerly known as Mediaset, has changed the terms of…
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MFE seeking power to discharge individual ProSiebenSat.1 board members
MediaForEurope (MFE) is seeking a change in the voting rules at the forthcoming AGM of…
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MediaForEurope launches bid for Mediaset España
MediaForEurope (MFE), the Dutch-based broadcast and media outfit formerly known as Mediaset, has launched a…
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MFE takes ProSiebenSat.1 stake beyond 25%, looks to consolidate Mediaset España
MediaForEurope (MFE), the cross-border broadcast group formerly known as Mediaset, has upped its stake in…
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RAI given permission to cut towers business stake by Italian government
The Italian prime minister Mario Draghi has approved a decree that will allow state broadcaster…
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MFE seeking to take ProSiebenSat.1 stake beyond 25%
MediaForEurope (MFE), formerly known as Mediaset, has sought the German competition watchdog’s permission to raise…
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MediaForEurope beats expectations as Italian ad market rises
Mediaset/MediaForEurope (MFE) has published preliminary full-year results that highlighted stellar top and bottom-line growth on…
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Mediaset launches new offering as ViacomCBS pulls DTT channels
Italian broadcaster Mediaset – now known as MediaForEurope – has launched a new free-to-air movies…
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Mediaset becomes MFE-MediaForEurope
Mediaset’s board have approved the company’s change of name to MFE-MediaForEurope NV along with the…
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Mediaset revives MediaForEurope plans, extends olive branch to Vivendi
Mediaset is reviving its plans to launch a pan-European media group and move its headquarters…
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Vivendi and Mediaset move towards talks following ECJ ruling
Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine and Mediaset opposite number Pier Silvio Berlusconi are expected to…
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Vivendi in fresh overture to Mediaset
Vivendi has contacted Mediaset senior management with a request to set up a meeting to…
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ProSiebenSat.1 ‘not in discussion’ with Mediaset or CMI
ProSiebenSat.1 is not involved in any discussions with shareholders Mediaset or Czech Media Invest (CMI)…
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Mediaset suffers major setback as Vivendi secures MFE legal victory
Mediaset’s plans to combine its Italian and Spanish arms under a new Dutch-registered holding company…
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Mediaset’s merger decision pushed back to September by Dutch court
The Dutch court hearing Vivendi’s appeal against an earlier judgement that rejected the French media…
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Industry all-in on MediaForEurope says Mediaset chair
Fedele Confalonieri, the chairman of Italian broadcaster Mediaset, said that the company has received a…
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Italian court waves away Vivendi appeal of MediaForEurope plan
The ongoing drama between Vivendi and Mediaset has taken its latest turn, with an Italian…
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Vivendi in fresh move to thwart Mediaset’s merger plan
Vivendi is involved in a fresh move to thwart Mediaset’s plans to merge its Italian…
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Mediaset hit by coronavirus in Q1
Mediaset saw its revenues hit by the Italian and Spanish markets’ exposure to the coronavirus…
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Dutch court rejects Vivendi move to stop Mediaset merger
Vivendi has suffered a reverse in its ongoing battle to prevent the creation of a…
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Mediaset gives itself extra time after Spanish court rejects merger appeal
Mediaset has filed its plan to merge its Italian and Spanish unites with the Dutch…
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Vivendi to appeal as Italian court rejects bid to stop Mediaset merger
Vivendi has vowed to appeal a court ruling in Milan that rejected its request to…
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Vivendi gets upper hand after EU Advocate General says Mediaset voting share freeze is unlawful
The EU Advocate General has said that an Italian law that forced Vivendi to freeze…
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All eyes on Mediaset EGM as court sets new date in MediaForEurope dispute
The Milan judge considering Vivendi’s case against Mediaset’s merger of its Italian and Spanish arms…