Providence Equity Partners

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Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island that focuses on investments in media and telecommunications. It is one of the largest private investment firms specializing in equity investments in media and communications companies.

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, PanAmSat, AT&T Canada, eircom, Casema, Kabel Deutschland (DE), Telcordia Technologies, Language Line, F&W Publications, 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.

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