16 Mar 2001
RTL Group has confirmed it is in talks with Spanish telecoms group Telefonica about a number...Telefonica about a number of deals, which could result in a new-media partnership.
In an interview ...
in the Spanish market. However, he played down speculation that RTL was planning to acquire Telefonica’s new ...
and Bertelsmann’s TV interests. Bertelsmann is said to want to acquire a stake in Telefonica’s new-media division ...
14 May 2007
| by Mark Banham
LONDON - Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica has sold its remaining 75% stake in Endemol..., Telefonica appointed investment bank Merrill Lynch and Italian finance firm Mediobanca to oversee the sale of its stake in the Dutch company. At the time Telefonica said it had made the decision to sell its ...
. Telefonica had made it clear from as early as summer 2006 that it would be looking for an approach from a ...
07 Aug 2000
LONDON - Spanish telcoms company Telefonica is to buy the 50% of GMG Endemol it does not already...The agreement, set to be announced later this week, values the production company at £60m. Telefonica acquired the other half of the company through its £3bn acquisition of Endemol Entertainment last month. ...
04 Mar 2005
owner, Telefonica, announced plans to float a minority stake in the company....Telefonica bought Endemol in 2000 for 5.5 billion euros. It plans a sale as early as the end of the year.
There has been widespread prediction Telefonica would sell part of Endemol following the ousting in December 2003 of Jon De Mol, Endemol's co-founder. ...
09 Feb 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica is to start the bid process for 'Big Brother' and 'Deal...According to reports, Telefonica has appointed investment bank Merrill Lynch to oversee the sale ...
revenues stood at 900m, and its current market capitalisation is around 2.6bn ( 1.7bn). Telefonica ...
in November 2005. Telefonica said its decision to sell its remaining stake in Endemol, which was announced ...
12 Mar 2012
| by Arif Durrani
Telefonica Digital has appointed senior Google executive Simon Birkenhead as its first global...within Telefonica's newly formed digital unit.
Telefonica Digital's advertising team brings together ...
operations in 25 markets.
Birkenhead will report to Shaun Gregory, director of advertising at Telefonica ...
that mobile was "one of the fastest advertising disrupters" and believes Telefonica and its O2 operation ...
28 Oct 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
LONDON - Spanish communications giant Telefonica has rejected Time Warner's £1.38bn offer for 'Big...with Endemol's parent company Telefonica in New York a few weeks ago.
Endemol made its name producing reality ...
shows including 'Changing Rooms' and 'Ground Force' for the BBC.
Telefonica bought most of the Dutch ...
month later in an attempt to capitalise on the 'Big Brother' format.
In December last year, Telefonica ...
24 Feb 2006
, but a Hispanic Hercules. Telefonica snapped
up O2, Europe's sixth-largest mobile operator, last month for a hefty
£17.7 billion. Thanks to this purchase, Telefonica now has a foothold in the UK,
Germany ...
managing director at Interbrand, comments on
Telefonica's new status: "If you're in media and you ...
30 Aug 2000
The chief executive of Telefonica’s media division, Juan Jose Nieto, is to be appointed...LONDON (Brand Republic) - The chief executive of Telefonica’s media division, Juan Jose Nieto ...
business
Nieto will take over from Manuel Garcia Duran who left in July, just days after Telefonica’s ...
.
Meanwhile, Terra Networks, Telefonica’s internet arm, has put an end to doubts about its merger with Lycos ...
26 Feb 2004
The Mild Seven Renault F1 team has signed up Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica as one of its