Private equity groups could return with bid for troubled Virgin Media
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Media & professional: A consortium of four private equity firms is looking at buying Virgin Media, the $8bn (Â£4bn) cable company involved in a spat with BSkyB and whose biggest shareholder is Sir Richard Branson.
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Bank could be left with Virgin and Olivant bids if the rumors about Cerberus are true.
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The transaction, between the company and a group of private investors, would be one of the biggest deals to take a company private
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British cable operator Virgin Media   said on Monday it had received a bid approach from an  unnamed group, which sources familiar with the situation told  Reuters was U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group
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A consortium of investors led by Grupo Televisa is considering a plan to make a $13 billion bid for Univision Communications.
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Cable firm NTL relaunches itself as Virgin Media to strengthen its challenge to pay-TV rival BSkyB.
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The British Broadcasting Corp (BBC) has invited three of the world's largest media companies to discuss possible bids for its commercial sales and publishing arm, the Financial Times said.
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Virgin Group and up to two other bidders are expected to meet a Monday deadline for Northern Rock offers.
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Several private equity companies and a mobile phone operator, MMO2, have expressed interest in buying all or part of NTL's television and radio broadcasting business ahead of an October 11 deadline for first-round bids, according to people familiar with the deal.
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Carlyle's cash could come in handy Analysis: Private equity group Carlyle is bidding to take over Virgin Media, the UK's cable monopoly formerly known as NTL. We reckon Branson should take the money. He could get shot of the debt-burdened albatross, and put the money to good use elsewhere in the Virgin telco empire.â¦
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By Dolbeck, Andrew  The media sector has been seeing a fair amount of merger and acquisitions activity lately. Traditional print and broadcast media firms, struggling to compete with new online and mobile media outlets, have been targeted by private equity buyers.
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Private equity firm Texas Pacific Group  is considering a bid for J. Sainsbury  and is working on building a consortium, the Financial Times reported.
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Anyone out there actually interested in the business? Virgin Media has appointed an investment bank to court potential telco buyers as an alternative to private equity carpetbaggers, who are targeting the cable firm.â¦
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British cable operator Virgin Media  said on Monday it had received a bid approach from an unnamed group, which sources familiar with the situation told Reuters was U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group
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Virgin Group Ltd., owned by billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, said it formed a company called Virgin Galactic to offer commercial space flights starting in 2007.
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A plan by the Treasury to keep troubled bank Northern Rock in the private sector is "workable," the head of one of the bidders for the firm, Virgin Group's Richard Branson, said Monday.
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A report suggests a second private equity consortium is looking at launching a takeover bid for Sainsbury's.