PBL Media CEO Ian Law failed to mention the D word in his defence of the $250 million handout to the indigent Australian free-to-air TV industry in The Australian’s Media section this morning. That’s D for debt.
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Rebel with a pause as private equity puts hit-and-run on hold
News that private equity has pulled another attempt to take the money and run from a poorly performing retailer again causes us to ask, just where is the added value from private equity?
Telstra’s year zero Foxtel fiction
Telstra’s claim that Foxtel is worth nothing in its books is surprising given its status as the country’s number one Pay TV business, writes Glenn Dyer.
PBL back from the precipice
Negotiations between PBL Media and its bankers over a recapitalisation deal went down to the wire, writes Glenn Dyer.
Nine looks for some 2009 Veuve
At a posh soiree hosted by Nine Network boss David Gyngell last night, talk centred on taking the fight up to Seven, writes Glenn Dyer.
Advertisers set to abandon Ten, Seven, PBL: Citigroup
With advertising falling, Citigroup projects considerable pain ahead for Australia’s major media players, especially the TV netowrks, reports Glenn Dyer.
Private equity media buyouts not so crash hot after all?
Here’s a deal that will send a chill down the balance sheets of certain Australian and Canadian media companies which did deals with private equity groups in 2007, writes Glenn Dyer.
ABC’s Logie push puts gold in PBL Media’s coffers
You wouldn’t expect the ABC to encourage its audience to give money to Consolidated Media Holdings. But it is, in a roundabout way, writes Jane Nethercote.
