Vodafone is shaking up Europe’s fragmented media and telecom market with a €18.4bn deal to buy almost a third of John Malone’s Liberty Global, part of a global push for scale as carriers face massive network investments and competition from digital players.

US billionaire John Malone has secured planning permission for a major extension to his Hilton hotel at Charlemont Place at Grand Canal in Dublin after An Bord Pleanála gave the go-ahead for a seven-storey, 97-bedroom extension.

John Malone has applied for a seven-storey, 97-bedroom extension to the Hilton Hotel on Grand Canal.

US billionaire John Malone’s Virgin Media — which owns TV3 and the UPC cable operator — is reportedly poised to buy out rival broadcaster UTV Ireland, sparking fears for jobs at the fledgeling broadcaster.

After spending the past decade consolidating the European cable industry, US billionaire John Malone is to do the same in Latin America.

Charter Communications, controlled by cable industry pioneer John Malone, has offered to buy Time Warner Cable for $56bn (€52bn), seeking to combine the number two and three US cable operators to compete against market leader Comcast.