Consortium in Big Brother firm buy-out
A consortium featuring former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi unveiled a £2.3bn (€3.4bn) swoop for Big Brother maker Endemol today.
The buy-out group, which is also made up of Endemol founder John de Mol and Goldman Sachs, will pay €2.63bn for Spanish telecoms group Telefonica’s 75% stake in the company.