Kabel Deutschland kauft 1,2 Mio. Kabelhaushalte von der Orion Gruppe
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Kabel Deutschland GmbH today announced that it signed a purchase agreement with the Orion Group to acquire networks serving approximately 1.2 million cable television subscribers for € 585 million. The subscribers are located in eight German federal states (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland und Bavaria), in which Kabel Deutschland operates the level 3 (distribution network) and level 4 networks (home networks). The transaction resolves the historic and unique separation of network levels in these federal states to a large extent.
“These households which have been limited to DTAG offers for the first time will be able to receive highly competitive triple play services - highspeed internet, telephony and digital television services from Kabel Deutschland”, said Kabel Deutschland’s CEO, Adrian v. Hammerstein.
The closing is anticipated to occur in the first quarter of 2008 after FCO clearance.
KDG also announced that it will no longer pursue its options related to Primacom and will tender into the Orion offer.
Über Kabel Deutschland
Kabel Deutschland (KDG) betreibt die Kabelnetze in 13 Bundesländern und versorgt rund 9 Millionen angeschlossene TV-Haushalte in Deutschland. Als größter Kabelnetzbetreiber und Triple-Play-Anbieter in Deutschland entwickelt und vermarktet das Unternehmen neue Triple-Play-Angebote für digitales Fernsehen, Breitband-Internet und Telefonie über das TV-Kabel. KDG bietet eine für alle Programmanbieter offene Plattform für digitales Fernsehen. Das Unternehmen betreibt die Netze, vermarktet Kabelanschlüsse und sorgt für einen umfassenden Service rund um den Kabelanschluss. Kabel Deutschland erzielte im Geschäftsjahr 2007/2008 (Ende 31. März 2008) einen Umsatz von rund 1,2 Milliarden Euro, das EBITDA lag bei 457,8 Millionen Euro. Das Unternehmen beschäftigt rund 2.750 Mitarbeiter.
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