{"id":2775,"date":"2019-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bonnier.com\/news\/the-european-commission-approves-bonnier-groups-divestment-of-bonnier-broadcasting-to-telia\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:40:55","slug":"the-european-commission-approves-bonnier-groups-divestment-of-bonnier-broadcasting-to-telia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.bonnier.com\/en\/news\/the-european-commission-approves-bonnier-groups-divestment-of-bonnier-broadcasting-to-telia\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Commission approves Bonnier Group\u2019s divestment of Bonnier Broadcasting to Telia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In July 2018, Bonnier announced the sale of Bonnier Broadcasting, including TV4, C More and Finnish MTV, to Telia. The\u00a0deal has been subject\u00a0to\u00a0review by\u00a0the\u00a0EU Competition Authorities. Today,\u00a0the\u00a0European\u00a0Commission\u00a0has declared that\u00a0the\u00a0review has been finalized and that the transaction is approved. The transaction is expected\u00a0to\u00a0be completed on December 2, 2019.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBonnier\u00a0strengthens its financial resources, which enables investments for growth in both our current operations and in new areas,\u201d says\u00a0<strong>Erik Haegerstrand<\/strong>, CEO\u00a0of\u00a0Bonnier\u00a0Group. \u201cAt\u00a0the same time, TV4, C More and MTV get a new owner who strengthens\u00a0the\u00a0businesses through\u00a0the opportunity\u00a0to\u00a0combine content and distribution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following\u00a0the\u00a0divestment,\u00a0Bonnier\u00a0Group\u00a0will have an annual revenue\u00a0of\u00a0approximately SEK 20 billion and operations in 16 countries.\u00a0The\u00a0number\u00a0of\u00a0employees will amount\u00a0to\u00a09,000 working in nine companies \u2013 Adlibris,\u00a0Bonnier\u00a0Books,\u00a0Bonnier\u00a0News,\u00a0Bonnier\u00a0Corp. (U.S.),\u00a0Bonnier Publications (DK),\u00a0Bonnier\u00a0Ventures, SF Studios,\u00a0Bonnier\u00a0Fastigheter and Boninvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are impressed with&nbsp;the&nbsp;progress&nbsp;Bonnier&nbsp;Broadcasting&nbsp;has had over&nbsp;the&nbsp;roughly twenty years during which we have been committed owners, not&nbsp;the&nbsp;least with&nbsp;the&nbsp;revenue growth and earnings improvement in&nbsp;the&nbsp;last couple&nbsp;of&nbsp;years.&nbsp;Bonnier&nbsp;is a family-owned company with a history that goes back more than 200 years and we have a long-term perspective where acquisitions and&nbsp;divestments are part&nbsp;of&nbsp;developing&nbsp;the&nbsp;group,\u201d says&nbsp;<strong>Carl-Johan&nbsp;Bonnier<\/strong>&nbsp;as representative&nbsp;of the&nbsp;owners.<style type=\"text\/css\">&amp;lt;!--&lt;br>p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Helvetica}&lt;br>--><\/style><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In July 2018,\u00a0Bonnier\u00a0announced\u00a0the\u00a0sale\u00a0of\u00a0Bonnier\u00a0Broadcasting, including TV4, C More and Finnish MTV,\u00a0to\u00a0Telia.\u00a0The\u00a0deal has been subject\u00a0to\u00a0review by\u00a0the\u00a0EU Competition Authorities.\u00a0Today,\u00a0the\u00a0European\u00a0Commission\u00a0has declared that\u00a0the\u00a0review has been finalized and that\u00a0thetransaction is approved.\u00a0The\u00a0transaction is expected\u00a0to\u00a0be completed on December 2, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[1015,898,1166,900],"class_list":["post-2775","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tag-bonnier-broadcasting-2","tag-bonnier-group-2","tag-divestment","tag-erik-haegerstrand-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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