ProsiebenSat opens at Mediaset. CEO Bert Habets: “Dialogue to truly seek cooperation models”
The dialogue between ProsiebenSat e Simple it’s more open than ever. The German broadcaster, previously much more reluctant to create a bridge with Silvio Berlusconi’s creation (and now his son), seems intent on building a bridge. It seems like a century has passed since the “niet” of the former CEOs Max Conze e Rainer Beaujean of 2019, while Mediaset has now secured a direct stake of 28.9% as majority shareholder, as well as a member in the Supervisory Board, Katharina Behrends.
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The openings of the Biscione towards Prosieben they are large. And as Il Sole 24 Ore writes, they are so large that they can appear mischievous. In fact, the German broadcaster’s quarterly reports are expected in November and the forecasts are not rosy at all. Among other things, the broadcaster comes from a 17% drop in revenues, also seeing its net profit collapse from 64 to 4 million euros.
In the context of an expansion strategy, the completion of the operation in Spain with the merger of Mediaset Spainaccording to Il Sole 24 Ore it is Germany that the Cologno Monzese group wants to focus on.
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The budget for a takeover bid, it was said at the end of 2022, was one billion euros. Even if, essentially, Biscione himself threw water on the fire regarding this hypothesis. For now, no path is closed. And, in any case, as the CEO of Mfe himself claims Pier Silvio Berlusconithe international expansion of Biscione cannot fail to pass through the German market and, therefore, sooner or later ProsiebenSat will have to deal with its first shareholder. We’ll see.
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