Investment group PPF, owned by the Czech Republic’s richest man Petr Kellner, is close to concluding talks on buying a majority stake in Central European Media Enterprises (CME) from U.S. firm AT&T, Czech and Bulgarian media reported on Thursday. AT&T holds 64% of CME’s common stock but effectively controls 75% of the company through preferred shares. CME, which operates TV stations in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, has a market capitalisation of $1.13 billion, according to Refinitiv data. …read more
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