The $3.4B deal, which includes debt, is one of the largest media mergers Canada has ever seen — and will significantly strengthen BCE’s clout in Quebec. With Astral, Canada’s top telecom company will ...

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In a better, more market-driven world, BCE would have been given the chance to be spectacularly wrong — or right In its limited and superficial analysis of the deal, the CRTC said “A transaction of ...

(Reuters) - BCE Inc, Canada's biggest telecom company, is seeking regulatory approval for a revised C$3 billion ($3 billion) plan to take over Astral Media Inc after the country's broadcast regulator ...

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian broadcasting and advertising company Astral Media Inc. said Friday that it is still talking with BCE Inc. in the hopes of finding a way to have the friendly takeover offer by ...

Astral Media is reworking a friendly takeover by telecom giant Bell that's expected to see the Montreal company sell off some broadcast assets to win regulatory approval. The CRTC killed the ...

TORONTO, June 5 (Reuters) - BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecom company, is confident it will win regulatory approval for its proposed acquisition of Astral Media Inc and said it sees plenty of interest ...

MONTREAL – Astral Media Inc. is reworking a friendly takeover by telecom giant Bell that’s expected to see the Montreal company sell off some broadcast assets to win regulatory approval. The CRTC ...

takeover of the Montreal-based television and radio firm on Thursday, leaving only regulatory hurdles in the way of the C$3 billion ($2.92 billion) deal. from BCE, which is also based in Montreal, was ...

MONTREAL -- Astral Media Inc. is reworking a friendly takeover by telecom giant Bell that's expected to see the Montreal company sell some broadcast assets to win regulatory approval. *No charge for 4 ...

BCE Inc. expects that its new proposal to buy Astral Media will address the federal regulator's concern about the telecom giant dominating the television market. Bell's chief regulatory officer Mirko ...