Providence Equity Partners
Information about Providence Equity Partners
| Providence Equity Partners | |
| private | |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
| No. of locations | New York, London |
| Industry | Finance |
| Services | Private Equity |
| Subsidiaries | Newport Television, LLC |
The principals of Providence Equity manage funds with over $9 billion in equity commitments and have invested in more than 80 companies operating in over 20 countries since the firm's inception in 1991. Current and previous areas of investment include cable television content and distribution, wireless and wireline telephony, publishing, radio and television broadcasting and other media and communications sectors.
Significant investments include VoiceStream Wireless, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Music Group, Freedom Communications, PanAmSat, AT&T Canada, eircom, Casema, Kabel Deutschland, Telcordia Technologies, Language Line, F&W Publications, USIS, ProSiebenSat.1 (DE), Bresnan Broadband Holdings , The Phones 4U Group (UK) , CanalDigitaal (NL) and TV Vlaanderen (BE) .
The firm has offices in Providence, New York, and London.
Entertainment
On April 20, 2007, Providence Equity Partners entered into an agreement to acquire all of the television stations currently owned by Clear Channel Communications.[1] These stations will be operated through a newly formed holding company known as Newport Television, LLC.The following stations are owned by Diamond Castle Holdings, L.L.C., but affiliated with Providence Equity Partners. Lamco was purchased by Bluestone Television in 2004 and Bluestone sold to Diamond Castle Holdings, L.L.C:
| Current DMA# | Market | Station | Current Affiliation | Notes |
| 91. | Bristol, Virginia/Tri Cities, Virginia | WCYB 5 | NBC | |
| WEMT 39 | FOX | |||
| 105. | New Bern, North Carolina | WCTI-TV 12 | ABC | |
| 130. | Redding/Chico/Red Bluff, California | KRCR 7 | ABC | |
| KAEF 23 | ABC (satellite, serves Eureka, California, market #195) | Licensed to Arcata, California | ||
| 164. | Abilene, Texas | KTXS-TV 12 | ABC | |
| 167. | Missoula, Montana | KECI 13 | NBC | |
| KCFW 9 | NBC (satellite of KECI for Kalispell, Montana) | |||
| 194. | Butte/Bozeman, Montana | KTVM 6 | NBC (satellite of KECI) |
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Newport Television, LLC
Private
Founded 2007
Founder Providence Equity Partners and Sandy DiPasquale
Headquarters Kansas City, Missouri
Key people Sandy DiPasquale (president, CEO)
Industry Media
Services Television
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Private
Founded 2007
Founder Providence Equity Partners and Sandy DiPasquale
Headquarters Kansas City, Missouri
Key people Sandy DiPasquale (president, CEO)
Industry Media
Services Television
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T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom
Founded 2001 as Voicestream Wireless
Headquarters Bellevue, Washington
Key people Robert Dotson – President andCEO
Industry Wireless Services
Products HSDPA, UMTS, W-CDMA, UMA, EDGE, GPRS, GSM
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Subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom
Founded 2001 as Voicestream Wireless
Headquarters Bellevue, Washington
Key people Robert Dotson – President andCEO
Industry Wireless Services
Products HSDPA, UMTS, W-CDMA, UMA, EDGE, GPRS, GSM
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Subsidiary of Sony, Comcast and their equity partners
Founded April 16, 1924
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, USA
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.)
Key people Harry E.
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Subsidiary of Sony, Comcast and their equity partners
Founded April 16, 1924
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, USA
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.)
Key people Harry E.
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Warner Music Group Corporation
Public (NYSE: WMG )
Founded 2003
Headquarters New York, NY, U.S.
Key people Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Chairman & CEO
Industry Music & Entertainment
Revenue $3.502 Billion (USD; 2006)
Net income $169.
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Public (NYSE: WMG )
Founded 2003
Headquarters New York, NY, U.S.
Key people Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Chairman & CEO
Industry Music & Entertainment
Revenue $3.502 Billion (USD; 2006)
Net income $169.
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Freedom Communications, Inc., headquartered in Irvine, California, owns more than 75 publications newspapers in the US, with a combined daily circulation of more than 1.2 million subscribers, and also operates over seventy local news websites.
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AT&T Canada was the Canadian Subsidiary of American telecommunications company AT&T. It was renamed Allstream when the Canadian unit ceased operations in 2004. AT&T continues to do business in Canada from the United States operations. AT&T Canada was based in Toronto, Ontario.
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eircom Group plc.
Unlisted public limited company - owned by Babcock and Brown Limited and Eircom ESOP Trustee Limited
Founded Dublin, Ireland (1984) (as Bord Telecom Eireann plc.
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Unlisted public limited company - owned by Babcock and Brown Limited and Eircom ESOP Trustee Limited
Founded Dublin, Ireland (1984) (as Bord Telecom Eireann plc.
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Casema
Privately held
Founded January 7 1970
Headquarters The Hague, the Netherlands
Industry Telecommunications
Products cable television
internet connectivity
fixed line telephony
Revenue unknown
Employees ca 800
Website www.casema.
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Privately held
Founded January 7 1970
Headquarters The Hague, the Netherlands
Industry Telecommunications
Products cable television
internet connectivity
fixed line telephony
Revenue unknown
Employees ca 800
Website www.casema.
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Kabel Deutschland is the largest cable company in Germany.
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Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Privately Held by Providence Equity and Warburg Pincus
Founded 1984
Headquarters Piscataway, New Jersey
Key people Mark Greenquist, President and CEO
Industry Telecom Research
Parent Baby Bells (1984-1997)
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Privately Held by Providence Equity and Warburg Pincus
Founded 1984
Headquarters Piscataway, New Jersey
Key people Mark Greenquist, President and CEO
Industry Telecom Research
Parent Baby Bells (1984-1997)
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Language Line is a language resources company based in London. It was founded by Michael Young, Lord Young of Dartington, as a charitable project in April 1990. The driving force behind this was Young's identification of exclusion faced by ethnic minorities speaking little
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Phones 4u is a large independent mobile phone retailer in the UK. Since opening in 1996, it expanded to 400 stores throughout the United Kingdom.
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Canal Digitaal Satelliet
Private
Founded
Headquarters Hilversum, Netherlands
Industry Telecommunication
Products Direct broadcast satellite
Website canaldigitaal.
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Private
Founded
Headquarters Hilversum, Netherlands
Industry Telecommunication
Products Direct broadcast satellite
Website canaldigitaal.
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TV Vlaanderen Digitaal
Private
Founded 2006
Headquarters Zaventem, Belgium
Key people K. Pauwels, General Director
Industry Telecommunication
Products Direct broadcast satellite
Website tvvlaanderen.
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Private
Founded 2006
Headquarters Zaventem, Belgium
Key people K. Pauwels, General Director
Industry Telecommunication
Products Direct broadcast satellite
Website tvvlaanderen.
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Clear Channel Communications
Public (NYSE: CCU )
Founded 1972
Headquarters San Antonio, TX
Key people Mark Mays, CEO & President
Industry Entertainment, Advertising
Products radio, billboards, television
Revenue $2.
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Public (NYSE: CCU )
Founded 1972
Headquarters San Antonio, TX
Key people Mark Mays, CEO & President
Industry Entertainment, Advertising
Products radio, billboards, television
Revenue $2.
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Newport Television, LLC
Private
Founded 2007
Founder Providence Equity Partners and Sandy DiPasquale
Headquarters Kansas City, Missouri
Key people Sandy DiPasquale (president, CEO)
Industry Media
Services Television
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Private
Founded 2007
Founder Providence Equity Partners and Sandy DiPasquale
Headquarters Kansas City, Missouri
Key people Sandy DiPasquale (president, CEO)
Industry Media
Services Television
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BlueStone Television also known as Bluestone License Holdings Inc. owns television broadcast stations in the United States. It was formed by Sandy DiPasquale and Providence Equity Partners. Its first acquisition was a group of 12 stations from Lamco Communications Inc.
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National Broadcasting Company
Type Broadcast television network
Country United States
Availability United States, also distributed in Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean
Founder David Sarnoff
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Type Broadcast television network
Country United States
Availability United States, also distributed in Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean
Founder David Sarnoff
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