Tele Columbus runs Easter HD promotion with ProSiebenSat.1
German cable operator Tele Columbus is making four ProSiebenSat.1 HD channels available to watch for free over the Easter period. For the four days from Good Friday to Easter Monday, all Tele Columbus...
View ArticleTele Columbus hires Kabel Deutschland IR chief
German cable operator Tele Columbus has named Elmar Baur as its new head of investor relations. Baur is currently head of investor relations at Kabel Deutschland. He will take up his new role in June....
View ArticleTele Columbus gives free tablet to new broadband subs
German cable operator Tele Columbus is to give free tablet PCs to new customers for its broadband service. The operators will give a Blaupunkt Polaris QC tablet worth €199 to customers who sign up for...
View ArticleANGA COM set for “multifaceted” congress programme
ANGA COM is set to return to Cologne this year with 450 exhibitors and what it claims will be its “most multifaceted congress programme ever.” Now in its 15th year, its second under its new moniker...
View ArticleCable operators express mixed views on fixed mobile convergence
Tele Columbus CEO and chairman, Ronny Verhelst. Cable operators expressed mixed views of the importance of mobile in their offerings and on the role of fixed-mobile convergence to meet the future needs...
View ArticleLiberty Global eyes Tele Columbus in potential German move
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries Liberty Global is prepared to make more significant M&A deals and is looking at the German market, and cable operator Tele Columbus in particular, according to CEO...
View ArticleTele Columbus acquires North-Rhine Westphalia network
Tele Columbus’s Hanover HQ German independent cable operator Tele Columbus has acquired the North-Rhine Westphalia cable networks of Düren-based local service provider Gesellschaft für...
View ArticleTele Columbus confirms it is weighing IPO
Tele Columbus’s Hanover HQ German independent cable operator Tele Columbus has confirmed that it may launch an IPO, although a final decision on the company’s future course has yet to be taken....
View ArticleTele Columbus launches wireless cable box
German cable operator Tele Columbus has launched a wireless cable box, incorporating cable modem, wireless router, media server and fixed-line telephony in a single box. According to Tele Columbus, the...
View ArticleTele Columbus adds TLC HD
Ultimate Shopper from TLC German cable operator Tele Columbus is expanding its HDTV service with the addition of Discovery’s female-focused channel TLC in HD. TLC HD will be included in Tele...
View ArticleTele Columbus acquires fibre operator
Tele Columbus’s Hanover HQ German cable operator Tele Columbus has acquired Mönchengladbach fibre access provider Big Medienversorgung, adding about 12,700 connected households in North...
View ArticleTele Columbus acquires cable operator BMB
Tele Columbus’s Hanover HQ German cable operator Tele Columbus has acquired overall control of BMB, the cable arm of housing group Vivawest. Tele Columbus has now acquired all the outstanding shares of...
View ArticleTele Columbus to launch €300 million IPO this year
Tele Columbus’ Hanover HQ German cable operator Tele Columbus plans to launch an initial public offering by the end of the year to capture “attractive growth opportunities” in Germany. The firm, which...
View ArticleTele Columbus launches new triple-play offering
German cable operator Tele Columbus has launched a new triple-play offering aimed at attracting new customers, making 50Mbps internet, flat-rate telephony and an HDTV package available for up to €11...
View ArticleMulti-play investment pays off for Tele Columbus
Success in selling broadband and phone subscriptions has lifted Germany cable operator Tele Columbus’s performance for the nine months to the end of September. Tele Columbus said its customers...
View ArticleTele Columbus moves forward with €300 million IPO plans
Tele Columbus is moving ahead with its postponed IPO, announcing plans to list on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the first half of 2015. In a statement, the German cable operator...
View ArticleTele Columbus to debut 400Mbps consumer service in Germany
Tele Columbus CEO and chairman, Ronny Verhelst. German cable operator Tele Columbus is to launch a 400Mbps internet service on April 1, initially available in Potsdam. According to Tele Columbus the...
View ArticleTele Columbus sets IPO price range
German cable operator Tele Columbus has set an €8 to €12 per-share price range for its IPO and said it expects the total offering size to be €447 million if the offered shares are placed at the...
View ArticleTele Columbus to raise third of a billion euros from IPO
Tele Columbus CEO and chairman, Ronny Verhelst. German cable operator Tele Columbus has set the offer price for shares sold through its IPO at €10 per share, at the mid-point of the previously...
View ArticleTele Columbus reports TV declines
German cable operator Tele Columbus reported a slight dip in unique TV subscriber numbers for its fourth quarter and full year 2014 results. The firm ended the year with 1.311 million basic cable TV...
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