ProSiebenSat.1: Federal government intervenes in bidding war

MFE's strategic goal is to integrate ProSiebenSat.1 into a pan-European television group that can compete with US streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon. The Czech company, which operates in the television business in Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, says it wants to keep ProSiebenSat.1 independent.

The German government's now-initiated action may also have a political background. Pier Silvio Berlusconi (56) is the son of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was said to have close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin (72). The German government has repeatedly accused the government in Moscow of deliberately spreading disinformation in Europe.