Russian TV firms in $US 400 MLN merger
Published: 11 March, 2008, 09:38
Russian television company CTC Media has announced it will buy DTV Channel from its shareholder, Sweden's Modern Times Group, for around $US400 MLN.
CTC chief executive Aleksandr Rodnyansky said the network will increase CTC's exposure to the fast-growing Russian TV advertising market.
TV ads sales rose by 34% in Russia in 2007 to reach more than $US 4 billion dollars and are expected to grow another 28% this year.
CTC focuses on entertainment programming and is the fourth most-watched channel in Russia. Its main shareholders are Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's Alfa Group with 26% and Access Industries with 6%.
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