…US - HSN Inc, a unit of USA Networks Inc, acquired the Home Improvement & Gardening Catalogue business from Hanover Direct Inc, an operator of mail order houses, for $##.# mil.…
…Liberty Media, a unit of Tele-Communications, raised its stake to ##% from ##% in HSN in exchange for $### mil in preferred shares of Fox Kids Worldwide, a joint venture between News Corp and Saban Entertainment.…
…HSN acquired the remaining ##.##% interest, which it did not already own, in Ticketmaster Group (TG) in an amended stock swap transaction valued at $###.### mil. HSN offered .### common shares for every TG share held. Based on…
…HSN acquired the television assets, including USA and Sci-Fi cable networks, of Universal Studios, a unit of Seagram (SE), for $#.### bil. The consideration consisted of $#.# bil in cash and $#.### bil in common equity…
…Silver King Communications (SKC), minority controlled by investor Barry Diller, acquired Home Shopping Network (HSN), a unit of Tele- Communications' Liberty Media subsidiary, in a stock swap transaction valued at an estimated $#.### bil. HSN shareholders received .## SKC…
…Silver King Communications (SKC), a unit of RMS and minority-controlled by SKTV chairman Barry Diller, acquired all the outstanding common shares of Savoy Pictures Entertainment (SPE) in a stock swap transaction valued at an amended $###### mil. SPE common…
…Silver King Communications (SKC), a unit of RMS and minority controlled by Barry Diller, withdrew its options to acquire ## mil common shares, or a ##.##% stake in Home Shopping Network (HSN), a unit of Tele-Communications' Liberty Media…
…Silver King Communications (SKC), a unit of RMS and minority controlled by investor Barry Diller, withdrew its offer to acquire ## mil common shares, or a ##% stake, in Home Shopping Network, a unit of Tele-Communications' Liberty Media subsidiary…
…Investor Barry Diller acquired ###,### common shares, or a #.#% stake, in Silver King Communications (SK), a majority-held unit of RMS, for $## mil, in a privately negotiated transaction. Concurrently, Tele-Communications (TCI) gave Diller voting control…
…QVC Network proposed to receive an option to acquire # mil common shares of Silver King Communications, or a ##% controlling interest, from Liberty Media. The transaction was in connection with Home Shopping Network's agreement to merge with QVC…
…Liberty Media, a majority owned unit of Tele-Communications, terminated its option to acquire ##%, or # mil shares, of Silver King Communications, a majority-owned unit of RMS, for $# mil in cash. The option had expired on Feb…
…US - Home Shopping Network (HSN) completed the spinoff of its Silver King Communications (SK) unit to shareholders in a transaction valued at $##.# mil. The value was based on SK's closing stock price of $#.# on Jan…
HSN, Inc. M&A Summary
HSN, Inc. has made 5 acquisitions while taking stakes in 1 companies. HSN, Inc. has 2 divestitures during this period.
Year
Acquisitions
Stakes
Divestitures
2009
0
0
0
2008
0
0
0
2007
0
0
0
2006
0
0
0
2005
0
0
0
2004
0
0
0
2003
0
0
0
2002
0
0
0
2001
1
0
0
2000
0
0
0
1999
0
0
0
1998
2
0
0
1997
0
1
0
1996
2
0
0
1995
0
0
1
1994
0
0
0
1993
0
0
1
Total
5
1
2
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