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Reshuffling The Debt: M&A Takes Center Stage In The U.S. Telecom And Cable Sectors Sep 11 Product Image

Reshuffling The Debt: M&A Takes Center Stage In The U.S. Telecom And Cable Sectors Sep 11

  • Published: September 2011
  • Standard & Poors

FEATURED COMPANIES

  • AMC Networks Inc.
  • AT&T Inc.
  • Cablevision Systems Corp.
  • CenturyLink Inc.
  • Comcast Corp.
  • Equinix Inc.
  • MORE

Abstract
The past year has ushered in a flurry of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the U.S. telecommunications and cable TV sectors. Generally receptive capital markets have helped support some large transactions, as companies used stable cash flows from their mature businesses to expand into high-growth segments or to fund opportunistic add-ons that benefit from the acquirer's economies of scale. Two major acquisitions have closed thus far in 2011: Comcast Corp., already the largest cable TV operator, established a major programming presence with its purchase of NBC Universal, while the combination of CenturyLink Inc. and Qwest Communications International Inc. created the largest domestic pure-play wireline telephone company. In the wireless arena, AT&T Inc. made a bid to buy T-Mobile USA Inc.;...

Companies mentioned in this report are:
- CenturyLink Inc.
- Comcast Corp.
- AT&T Inc.
- Cablevision Systems Corp.
- Qwest Communications International Inc.
- Global Crossing Ltd.
- Verizon Communications Inc.
- Insight Communications Co. Inc.
- Cellco Partnership (d/b/a Verizon Wireless)
- Time Warner Cable Inc.
- Bresnan Broadband READ MORE >

- CenturyLink Inc.
- Comcast Corp.
- AT&T Inc.
- Cablevision Systems Corp.
- Qwest Communications International Inc.
- Global Crossing Ltd.
- Verizon Communications Inc.
- Insight Communications Co. Inc.
- Cellco Partnership (d/b/a Verizon Wireless)
- Time Warner Cable Inc.
- Bresnan Broadband Holdings LLC
- Windstream Corp.
- Equinix Inc.
- PAETEC Holding Corp.
- Savvis Inc.
- AMC Networks Inc.

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