US EditionProSiebenSat.1: MFE Set for Majority as PPF Exits
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ProSiebenSat.1: MFE set for majority as PPF exits
The takeover battle for ProSiebenSat.1 has reached its conclusion: Czech investor PPF is withdrawing from the German broadcaster and selling its entire 15.7% stake to MFE-MediaForEurope. The move clears the way for the Berlusconi family’s holding company to secure majority control of ProSiebenSat.1. https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2025/08/27/prosiebensat-1-mfe-set-for-majority-as-ppf-exits/
Berlusconis' media holding MFE takes control of Pro Sieben Sat 1 Media. In Germany, the name evokes defensive reflexes and worries down to high politics. But how justified are the fears of a political influence of the stations from Italy?
Germany: Takeover of ProSiebenSat.1 raises questions about media pluralism in Europe
Italian media group MediaForEurope (MFE) is set to takeover German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 after the Czech major shareholder PPF announced its withdrawal, on 27 August 2025. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its German affiliate dju in ver.di in raising concerns about the effects on media pluralism in Europe. With this acquisition, Pier Silvio Berlusconi – head of MFE and son of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio…
Great race for Mfe-Mediaset on the Stock Exchange after Ppf handed over its shares of Prosieben to the Biscione offer, with a move that immediately led the group led by Pier Silvio Berlusconi to almost 60% of the German average company. The title Mfe B, strong from the beginning of the session, closed with a rise of 10.5% to 4,46 euros, to the maximums from May, while the action MfeA has grown of 9.6% to 3,02 altitude. Prosieben reflected in Fra…
Czech group PPF is ending its investment in German television company ProSiebenSat.1. It has offered its nearly 15.7 percent of the German company's share capital to the second bidder for the television company, Italian media group MFE-MediaForEurope (MFE), spokesman Leoš Rousek said on Wednesday.
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