A regional cable MSO consolidation move by TPG Capital will create a new top ten cable MSO in the U.S. after a deal to acquire RCN and Grande Communications closes. TPG, a private equity firm with $70 billion in assets…
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WOW NuLink Acquisition is Latest Example of Cable Consolidation
The WOW NuLink acquisition announced today is the latest example of consolidation in the Tier 2 and 3 cable market. WOW will obtain Georgia-based cable operator NuLink from Halyard Capital, a New York-based private equity firm. The price was not…
Colane Cable TV Acquisition is Latest Rural Broadband Consolidation Move by Shentel
A Colane Cable TV acquisition by West Virginia based Shentel comes on the heels of a major wireless acquisition by the growing rural broadband provider. Colane Cable TV is a cable company offering a triple play bundle to several West…
Broadband Provider Consolidation: Hargray Buys Plantation Cablevision
Tier 2 and 3 broadband provider consolidation is happening on multiple fronts – from telcos buying telcos and cable companies buying cable companies to telcos buying cable companies. An example of the latter came this week from South Carolina-based telco…
Atlantic Broadband/ MetroCast $200 Million Deal Highlights Ongoing Cable Consolidation
Consolidation in the pay-TV market isn’t limited to tier 1 companies, as an announcement today from tier 2 cable operators Atlantic Broadband and MetroCast Communications illustrates. Atlantic Broadband, owned by Canada’s Cogeco Cable, said it has reached an agreement to…
More Rural Broadband Consolidation With Midco Buying US Cable Assets
Rural Cable MSO Midcontinent is buying cable assets from US Cable, expanding their footprint across the Midwest. Sioux Falls, SD based Midcontinent currently has approximately 240K customers, spread across North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. With the US Cable asset…
Rural Broadband Consolidation Continues as Suddenlink Buys NPG Cable
St. Louis, Mo. based Cequel Communications, which does business as Suddenlink, is acquiring NPG Cable, a division of St. Joseph, Mo. based News‐Press & Gazette Co (NPG). The rural cable MSO, with approximately 1.3 million residential customers, will acquire 83,000…
Consolidation Coming to Cable Industry?
Comcast got a big victory today with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals tossing out the FCC’s cable ownership cap of 30%. The 30% cap barred cable companies from serving over 30% of multichannel video programming subscribers nationwide. Comcast is…
MetroNet Vexus Merger Continues Fiber Network Consolidation
Fiber network consolidation continues with the news today of a complementary merger between MetroNet and Vexus Fiber. MetroNet operates primarily in multiple Midwest and southeastern states, while Vexus has concentrated on Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana. Both companies have been…
One Rural Cable Consolidator to Buy Another in Vyve GTCR Deal
Rural cable consolidator GTCR said today that it plans to acquire another rural cable consolidator Vyve Broadband. The acquisition will be made through GTCR’s management partnership with Mega Broadband Investments and will double MBI’s previous footprint. The GTCR Vyve deal…
Cable ONE Fidelity Purchase Valued at $525.9 Million
Cable ONE’s plan to purchase Fidelity Communications, announced today, includes operations in Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri. Oklahoma and Texas. The Cable ONE Fidelity deal encompasses more than 5,100 plant miles and over 1,600 fiber route miles in a network that…
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