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In that role, Mr. Zappia was responsible for luring and retaining clients across BSkyB's range of pay-television, broadband and telecommunications businesses.

News Corp. Names Andrea Zappia CEO of Sky Italia Lilly Vitorovich 2011

LONDON — U.K. Business Secretary Vince Cable Thursday intervened in News Corp. 's proposed £ 7.8 billion ($12.55 billion) takeover of U.K. pay-television operator British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, amid concerns about the media giant's control over the local media landscape.

U.K. Probes News Corp.'s BSkyB Bid Lilly Vitorovich 2010

Foxtel is Australia's leading pay-television company with more than 1.65 million homes connected.

Austar Is Unfazed by Foxtel Deal Delay Ross Kelly 2011

Wharf's businesses also include pay-television company i-Cable Communications Ltd., fixed-line telecommunications provider Wharf T&T Ltd., and ports operator Modern Terminals Ltd.

Wharf Plans to Ramp Up China Investment Polly Hui 2011

In 2010 Netflix agreed to pay Epix, the pay-television channel owned by Viacom Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., about $900 million over five years for various movies.

Netflix Digs Deep for 'Gossip Girl' Lauren A. E. Schuker 2011

For years, cable companies and other pay-television providers have fretted about the threat that online-video subscription services like Netflix Inc.'s could pose to their business.

Verizon, Redbox Team Up on Video Anton Troianovski 2012

LONDON— British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC said Friday that it will return £750 million $1.23 billion and increased its full-year dividend by 20% after another strong financial performance, as the pay-television operator's board gave its unanimous support to Chairman James Murdoch .

BSkyB to Return $1.23 Billion to Shareholders Lilly Vitorovich 2011

The £750 million capital return, which is lower than some media analysts had expected, comes a few weeks after News Corp. abandoned its bid to take full control of the U.K.'s biggest pay-television operator in the wake of a widening phone-hacking scandal at its now-closed U.K. tabloid News of the World.

BSkyB to Return $1.23 Billion to Shareholders Lilly Vitorovich 2011

SYDNEY— Austar United Communications Ltd. on Tuesday said it is confident Foxtel's proposed 1.9 billion Australian dollar US$1.88 billion takeover of the regional pay-television company will succeed, as another delay in the antitrust approval process tested investor nerves.

Austar Is Unfazed by Foxtel Deal Delay Ross Kelly 2011

Reducing the € 2.4 billion debt burden, equivalent to 3.7 times Ebita, could take precedence over investor hopes of a special dividend, even though Lagard é re is likely to receive € 1 billion from the planned initial public offering of its 20% stake in pay-television station Canal Plus later this year.

Lagard Matthew Curtin 2011