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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...