Warner Bros Discovery makes steady start on market debut
Warner Bros Discovery Inc will run three streaming services; it also owns the Warner Bros film studio and a number of cable channels
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BT faces strike despite £1,500 pay award
The pay rise will cost the telecoms giant around £90mln
Vodafone's energy headache highlighted by second broker
Energy costs are likely to be a drag of at least €150mln in each of fiscal 2023 and 204.
Vodafone facing energy cost headwind reckons broker
The UK telco warned in February it faced a €150mln energy headwind but gas prices have since risen by 50%
Helios Towers completes acquisition of Airtel Africa's mobile tower business in Malawi
Gross consideration for the deal is US$55mln, of which 20% is backed by Old Mutual Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund, representing a local Malawian shareholding of 20%
CityFibre to ramp up pressure on BT as new investor comes on board
CityFibre is proposing to spend £4bn to take superfast broadband to eight million homes by 2025.
Vodafone mulls Vantage Towers offers from private equity - report
The offers are for a majority stake in the company that was listed in Frankfurt last year
Airtel Africa pays $30mln to extends Kenya licences
Airtel Africa PLC said it has agreed to settle US$30mln in licensing and operating fees with the Kenyan government through its Kenyan subsidiary, Airtel Kenya Networks Limited.
Vodafone eyes Indus stake sale as Indian exit continues
The 28.1% stake in total was valued at around US$2.6bn based on the last closing price
Sky follows BT and Virgin in hiking prices to ward off cost inflation
Price rises of £43 a year follow similar hikes by BT and Virgin Media
BT ploughs £30mln into tech start-up as part of digital revamp
The telecoms group has come under increasing pressure since its biggest shareholder, Patrick Drahi, upped his stake to 18% in December, sparking speculation a takeover bid was on the horizon
BT and Vodafone likely winners from consolidation wave, suggests Barclays
The sector has underperformed the broader market by 50 percentage points over the past five years.
Vodafone becoming more compelling 'buy' as M&A talks heat up, say investment banks
Reports of consolidating business in Europe have intensified over the last week
Vodafone approached over Italian business - report
Stories have been circulating for a number of weeks linking Vodafone Italia with Iliad’s Italian arm
Vodafone tipped for wave of deals after activist talks
Reports in the past month had linked the group with a merger with Three UK and Italian mobile group Iliad.
Dazn ‘the big loser’ as BT throws its sports lot in with Discovery
Sky is also under threat from a potentially rejuvenated competitor
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BT keeps sports arm and partners with Discovery's Eurosport
“The new business would be a 50/50 joint venture and operational later this year
BT downgrades full-year revenue guidance as pandemic and supply chain issues continue to bite
The group expects adjusted revenue for the year to end-March 2022 to be 2% lower than in the prior year
Activist investor activity picks up in London as shares attract value hunters
There are at least 12 companies in the FTSE 350 with activist funds on the share register, including Vodafone, GSK and Unilever