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In What Appears To Be A Master Stroke, Hutchinson Whampoa Buys Italy’s Canale 7 National TV Broadcaster And Thus Its Own DVB-H Mobile TV Platform --- Philip M. Stone December 1, 2005
As a regional broadcaster Canale 7 hardly showed on the ratings scene, out powered by multi-channel programming from state broadcaster RAI and from Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s family-run Mediaset empire. But there was a hidden attribute to Canale 7 – it owned a national digital terrestrial TV license – exactly what a mobile telephone operator could do with as its plans introduction of digital video broadcast -- handheld (DVD-H) to mobile phones via signals from television transmitters.

A Symbol Of Austerity Anxiety --- Michael Hedges May 9, 2013 Follow on Twitter
Only so much internal austerity can hold together a media company facing external austerity, advertising retreat and digital quandary. Off-loading assets – and people – only goes so far when debt burden is compounded by inertia. Restructuring is often the best strategy but only when it goes far enough.

If Everyone Is Free Where's The Money? --- Michael Hedges October 17, 2013 Follow on Twitter
Shifting financial winds continue to deposit sand in the doorways of major media groups. Some shareholders maintain faith in the media sector, albeit with conditions. Others are less sanguine. Consolidations, mergers, break-ups and more turmoil may have a cathartic effect.

Breaking Up Not So Hard To Do --- Michael Hedges July 4, 2013 Follow on Twitter
Love it or not, change happens. Media groups, large and otherwise, face this everyday with the roll and tumble of economics and consumer behavior. Blink your eyes and a new platform pops up like a mushroom. Investors and shareholders stuck between boardroom and yacht are often the last to see it.