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May 22, 2007
Unity Media to Live Up to its Name
Unity Media announced May 21 it will merge operations for its three largest cable assets, iesy, ish and TeleColumbus West, creating a network that will reach over five mil. households. The regions reached by the service will cover the states of Hesse and Nordrhie Westfalia—Frankfurt and Dortmund are their largest metro areas, respectively. Click here for complete coverage of the multichannel market in Germany.
Kagan expects the German market will continue large consolidations as MSOs look to streamline one of the most complete cable structures in Europe. The announcement came just a week after consolidation rumors were confirmed May 18 by Primacom, which serves 1.3 mil. HHs, regarding the possible interest acquisition by Kabel Deutschland, the country’s largest MSO.
Posted by Kagan Global Research Team at May 22, 2007 09:53 PM