Sky before sale? German mobile operator to take over PayTV provider
A change of ownership could be pending at Sky. According to media reports, the struggling PayTV broadcaster is for sale. A German mobile phone provider is said to have the greatest interest in the purchase. Insiders are certain: the takeover could copy Telekom’s successful model.
Sky’s heyday was a little longer ago. Pressure from streaming providers and the loss of broadcasting rights for the Champions League and parts of the Bundesliga have hit the pay-TV provider badly. However, the difficulties should not be the reason why the US parent company Comcast is now allegedly thinking about selling Sky Germany.
1&1 is interested in buying Sky Germany
Rather, the German branch does not fit into the rest of the company structure, which combines content and offers for fast Internet. Sky Deutschland only offers content, but there are no broadband offers.
here 1&1 comes into play. According to insiders, the German mobile operator Interested in acquiring Sky to have (DWDL). According to older reports, the price tag for the PayTV provider should be at $1 billion lie. That would be far less than what Comcast had to put on the table at the time.
With the purchase of Sky Germany, 1&1 could close a gap with Telekom. The company from the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Montabaur has millions of internet customers. After a takeover, the mobile operator could be Expand broadband connections with exclusive Sky content and offer them in a bundle. Telekom is already showing how this works successfully with its Magenta channels.
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Federal Network Agency makes clear announcement to 1&1
Whether with Sky or without: Big changes are coming up at 1&1. The company is working flat out to set up its own mobile network. Once the starting shot has been fired here, there is no going back. The Federal Network Agency recently made this clear: either network operators or service providers.