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Murdoch And Berlusconi Upping Their European Pay-TV Stakes

Dec 21, 2009 12:23 PM

Rupert Murdoch and Silvio Berluscioni are both doubling down on pay-TV investments outside their native markets, pushing the European sector to further consolidation ... News Corp (NYSE: NWS) is raising its stake in German cable and satellite TV provider Sky Deutschland AG—again. The media giant plans to invest up to…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, News Corp., mediaset

Italy’s MediaSet Sues YouTube; Seeking At Least $800 Million Damages

Jul 30, 2008 10:11 AM

More copyright headaches for Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and YouTube… Italy’s MediaSet says it is suing the video site for at least $800 million, claiming the standard complaints about illegal distribution of commercial audio and video files. The firm joins Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and France’s TF1 in making the claim. Already,…

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Posted In: Legal, Companies, Google, YouTube, Countries, Europe, Italy, mediaset

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