European stock markets down: the game of towers between Rai Way and Mediaset restarts in Piazza Affari. Spread goes up
European stock exchanges weaken in anticipation of US inflation. Lists also held back by the Russian diktat on banks
Sale of Rai Way and pole of the towers under pressure: all the problems of an uphill project
Giving up the controlling stake in Ray Way puts Rai Supervision in fibrillation. From resignation at the top to political incursions, the chronicle of a difficult project
Rai Way, green light for the transfer of control but the pole of the towers is still an uphill road
The Prime Minister's Decree authorizing Rai to sell the controlling stake in Rai Way has been published in the Official Gazette, but many obstacles still remain for the creation of the tower hub
Rai Way, Rai can go below 51%: Draghi signs the decree and the title soars. Towards the wedding with Ei Towers
The decree signed by Draghi overcomes the stop imposed by the law approved in 2014 by the Renzi government and paves the way for potential integration with Ei Towers
Rai Way flies to the Stock Exchange: there is talk of a decree to allow consolidation with Ei Towers
According to rumors reported by Repubblica, the government is about to issue a provision that would allow Rai to drop below 51% of the tower company
Rai Way, revenues and profits grow
As at 30 September, the company announced that it had achieved a turnover of 168 million, up 1,4% compared to 165,7 million in the nine months of 2019.
Inwit, Piazza Affari is passionate about the game of towers
The debut in the main basket of the company with 22 telecommunications towers has the flavor of the beginning of a new game on European leadership – The national champion has what it takes to play a leading role – There is no shortage of competitors:…
Rai Way "evaluates aggregation projects", Orfeo president
CEO Mancino confirms the company's willingness to evaluate merger projects, but an extra push would be needed.
Rai, Rai Way, Open Fiber allied on Ultra HD video services
The agreement will have a duration of 24 months and envisages that the three companies will work jointly to develop new generation digital services related to ultra-broadband networks.
In Milan, all eyes are on Mediaset-Ei Towers-Rai Way
The consolidation in the tower sector pleases Piazza Affari, which is betting on future developments. The banks did moderately well. Telecom Italia's decline continues. European stock markets are looking to the Fed after the easing of US-Russian political tensions. Oil still down.
Rai Way count ok but tower pole in mists
The budget meeting certifies the good state of health of Rai Way but the majority shareholder (Rai) does not comment on the so-called pole of the towers, which many consider "an opportunity to explore"
Telecom, green light to F2i and Rai Way for Persidera but there is another offer
Telecom Italia's board of directors entrusted Amos Genish with the task of concluding the sale of the Persidera platform to F2i and Rai Way, but in extremis an offer came from the private equity fund Isquared which offers up to…
Rai Way and F2i relaunch on Persidera (Telecom)
According to financial sources, it will be a "non-substantial" adjustment - We are also working on some clauses contained in the offer
Milan +1% with banks, Wall Street soars with the tax reform
While the US market is breaking new records and seems to believe in Trump, in Piazza Affari Unicredit is the best. Carige leap forward. Operators await next week's ECB decisions. FCA has partially recovered from the fall…
Rai Way was scalable. And now the race to the pole of the towers starts again?
The archiving decree issued by the GIP of Milan effectively absolves the top management of Ei Towers for the hostile takeover bid launched against Rai Way in February 2015 - What can happen now? The central point of the operation does not emerge: it is…
Rai in chaos: even Agrusti leaves
After the resignation of the director Messa and the distrust of the general director Campo Dall'Oro, yesterday another coup de scene at the top of the state TV: even the CFO, Raffaele Agrusti, while remaining on standby as president of Rai Way, leaves…
Rai: what's behind the rejection of Campo Dall'Orto
The board of directors rejected the editorial plan presented by the General Manager and, in fact, opened the crisis. But the government representative abstained and this suggests that, for now, Dall'Orto's chair is shaking but not…
Rai Way and pole of the towers: "The market doesn't scare us"
This morning's shareholders' meeting approved the 2016 financial statements which recorded a net profit of 41,8 million euros (+7,4%), with a dividend of 0,1537 euros per share - Agrusti: "There are no relations with Ei Towers".
Rai, eviction notice for Campo Dall'Orto
Great tension in Rai: the letter from seven directors on the Verdelli case seems to be the signal that the Board of Directors is ready to pull the plug on the Director General - But the change a few months before the political elections is not easy…
Ei Towers, Barbieri: "No contacts with Rai Way"
The company of the towers moves away. Possible acquisitions abroad instead.
Rai Way, Raffaele Agrusti confirmed as president
The manager indicated by Rai who presented the majority list. For the minority indicated Umberto Mosetti
Rai, great maneuvers and twists for the company of the Towers
What does the sudden change of jockey on Rai Way imply: political interference or change of strategy? CEO Campo Dall'Orto changed the candidate for the chair of CEO of Rai Way at the last minute. And behind the scenes…
Rai: license fee, networks, titles, Rai Way, all the news of the X-ray Convention
The recent Convention between the State and Rai for the concession of the public radio and television service contains significant innovations with an eye to European legislation - Now the text is being examined (non-binding) by the Parliamentary Supervisory Commission - Digital switch off…
Rai Way and Ei Towers, the pole of the towers inflames the Stock Exchange but it is premature
The rumors of an assignment to a London bank to study the marriage between the towers of Rai and Mediaset have an industrial logic, also repeatedly reiterated by undersecretary Giacomelli, but they are a bit premature because the…
Giacomelli: "Yes to the single pole of publicly controlled TV towers but the market chooses the model"
INTERVIEW with the Undersecretary for Communications, Antonello Giacomelli: "The Government is in favor of the birth of a strong Italian subject" in the field of TV towers as long as control is public - The model does not choose politics but the subjects in the field…
Polo delle Torri, Government opens: "But only if with a public majority"
The Undersecretary for Development with responsibility for Communications, Antonello Giacomelli, yesterday hoped that the creation of a national pole of the towers "can be concluded soon", adding that the main stake of the Gentiloni government is that of an aggregation…
Italy seen from the towers 2.0
Niel lands in Italy with great ambitions, in France Cellnex buys 230 towers Bouygues Telecom - The EIB finances Enel's OpEn Fiber project, Ei Towers continues its growth while Rai Way lags behind
Ei Towers renounces the takeover bid on Rai Way
The board of directors of the subsidiary Mediaset has decided to abandon the public purchase and exchange offer on the Rai transmission towers: "There are no conditions to continue"
Rai also rejects the new takeover bid by Ei Towers on Rai Way
New and definitive rejection of the Ei Towers takeover bid on Rai Way by Rai: this was established by the state TV board chaired by Anna Maria Tarantola who considers the towers that transmit television signals to be strategic - On the operation,…
Rai Way: Consob's no also to the new takeover bid by Ei Towers
Consob also rejects the new version of the takeover bid by Ei Towers (controlled by Mediaset) on Rai Way - According to the supervisory authority, the new takeover bid does not have the requisites to restart the process because it does not explain what would happen if…
Stock market: Rai Way up after downsizing of Ei Towers offer
Ei Towers loses ground in Piazza Affari after the decision to downsize the takeover bid on Raiway - The same news creates an opposite effect on the share of Rai Way which gained more than 2 percentage points in Piazza Affari this morning
Towers in play: Telecom, Ei Towers, Rai Way
Telecom Italia is ready to list its towers on the Stock Exchange: during the week, the presentation to the banks of the plan to list 40% of Inwit in June with an eye to the scheme adopted by Cdp Reti - In turn Ei…
Consob: Ei Towers, it is impossible to accept Rai Way takeover bids if the 66% ceiling remains
The National Commission for the Company and the Stock Exchange clarifies that, should the condition set by Ei Towers to reach 66,67% of Rai Way remain, the go-ahead for the takeover bid will not be given.
Rai: Ei Towers' takeover bid for Rai Way "impossible".
The Government's decision to maintain public control over 51% of Rai Way makes the public purchase offer of Ei Towers "unproceedable": this is what Rai's board of directors claims in reference to the condition posed by Ei Tower of…
Consob suspends the takeover bid of Ei Towers on Rai Way
The Commission, which intends to collect additional information, has communicated the suspension of the preliminary deadlines, ie the 15 calendar days within which it must decide on the offer document.
Rai Way-Ei Towers: merger project in the sights of the Antitrust
"Mediaset would potentially be able to influence the competitive conditions of its main competitor" - The investigation will be completed within 45 days, but the negative outcome is foreseeable - The importance of underground negotiations between the parties therefore increases.
Consob: still no prospectus arrived on Rai Way
The president of the Authority clarifies that EI Towers has not yet presented the formal proposal on the offer for the public TV transmission towers company. There's time until March 16, in the meantime it's a question
Tug of war on Rai Way: Ei Towers does not change the takeover bid
At the end of the meeting with Consob, Ei Towers confirmed its takeover bid on Rai Way, clashing with the intention expressed by the government to keep 51% of Rai antennas public
Rossotto: "The takeover bid on Rai Way is unprecedented"
The president of the company reveals to the Senate: "We learned it at dawn. We have not solicited or negotiated this offer. The company is not contestable"
FCA, Telecom, Mediaset and MPS in the spotlight on Piazza Affari
Fca studies the ideal partner but Marchionne specifies: "It's not Volkswagen" - Telecom: the Government does not shut down the copper network - Capital increase in sight for Mps - The Antitrust asks Mediaset for clarification on the Rai Way tender offer - Rcs…
Netflix-Telecom and the online challenge that scares Italian TVs
The US giant of online on demand streaming is preparing to land in Italy thanks to the partnership with Telecom - A revolution in television consumption, which perhaps also explains the Ei Towers-Rai Way operation.
Today the German Parliament votes on the agreement with Greece. Europe is waiting for Qe, the USA for GDP
The German Parliament seems oriented towards giving the green light to the aid agreement with Athens - Europe awaits the start of Qe on March 5 and the USA awaits today's data on GDP - BTPs are running, Bunds up…
Rai, the Board approves the Gubitosi plan
The general manager: "We have at least six television mastheads: they will become two, which will merge into a single editorial staff. The model is the historic BBC" - Renzi closes the Rai Way case: "51% must remain with the state. Period".
Miccichè: "Torri Rai, difficult union with Mediaset"
However, Banca Imi's managing director believes that the operation would be useful and appreciated by the market. And on the listing of the Telecom towers he says: "I hope it can be done in the first half"
Enel and Rai Way under examination in Piazza Affari, the BTP is looking for a new record
The Treasury sells 5,7% of Enel for 2,2 billion euros and slows down the Mediaset takeover bid on Rai Way - Brussels promotes Italy: ok to the Stability Law but reduce the debt - Today auction of XNUMX-year BTPs after the …
The banks weigh down Piazza Affari and push for profits after the rally. Bot to historical minis
After the rally of the last few days, Piazza Affari takes a break like most European stock exchanges and experiences a session of profit-taking - Bank stocks are pushing down the Ftse Mib (-0,96%): from…
Rai Way, Government: 51% remains with Rai
"The public offer for Rai Way - reads the note released by the Ministry of Economic Development - confirms the market's appreciation of the choice made by the Government at the time, but a decree of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers…
Rai Way, Government: Rai share minimum limit at 51%
Decree 66 of 2014 provides for it - Gasparri: "The assessments can no longer be political, but market" - Fico: "I had denounced the agreement between him and Renzi on the sale of Rai Way".
Mediaset: Takeover bid on Rai Way, which takes off on the Stock Exchange
The public purchase and exchange offer amounts to 4,50 euros per share, with a premium of 22,0% compared to the February 23 listing and 52,7% compared to the November IPO price.