Who are the new owners of Supercanal

It was the Grupo América itself, headed by Daniel Vila, who reported the sale of Supercbad, after round trips, figures that did not close and found versions. Vila and other partners founded the one that became the main cable network in the interior of the country in 1985, but failed to adapt to the new times of television and television. was involved in the storm of the television on demand without producing the necessary changes, reason why this leadership acquired in the past became harmless.

The new owners are members of the investment group CVI Austral LLP, which Grupo America described in its report as "a conglomerate" of marked strategic profile in technology and telecommunications projects. "

The investment group is composed of Carlos Joost Newbery (photo), owner of ICondor and who participated in the creation of companies such as Movicom (Movistar) and CTI Móvil (Claro ), as well as Pablo Venturino and Mariano Gilles, of White-Bridge, who structured the purchase operation and will also incorporate the repertoire.

Who is Joost Newbery

The official page of iCondor offers this description of its president: "Businessman and entrepreneur, he has a long career in the development of business related to telecommunications, agriculture, real estate, energy and water treatment, which began in 1980 by introducing the first mobile operation in Argentina and Uruguay and was the founder of Movicom Bell South, the first mobile company in Latin America, with Bell South , the Macri Group, BGH, Inteltech and Motorola, and then set up the Home Phone Company (CTI) in collaboration with GTE, AT & T, AGEA (Clarin Group), Austral Investment Company, Benito Roggio and Hijos, Morgan Grenfell of the Deutsche Bank Group and TCW, then landed in the fixed telephony in Argentina by participating in the privatization process of the state-owned company Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (ENT) el) with the groups Bell Atlantic, Garfunkel and Águila. In the late 90s, I formed Hutchinson Telecommunications Argentina, responsible for the establishment of the first GSM network in Argentina. Operating today in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Pakistan, Turkey, Uruguay and the United States. "

The CEO of the company is Paulo Cosentino, Industrial Engineer from the Technological Institute of Buenos Aires and He has a postgraduate degree in Management of IAE and Management services in oil in Scotland, has over 25 years of experience in national and international companies in the field of technology and services and before joining ICondor General at BGH, TIMwe and Prosegur, and has occupied Executive positions at CTI and Schlumberger, and his experience is focused primarily on team leadership for start-up management and business reengineering, both in local and multinational companies.

In the official statement, it was reported that "CarVal Investors, a world leader with a long history of investing in Argentina, worked together in Newbery and White-Bridge in providing financing. t that allowed the acquisition of Supercbad. "CarVal has been operating since 1987 and has managed $ 104 billion in 5,300 transactions in 79 countries.

" This represents a strong commitment to the country's future, in a technological innovation project that will create jobs, help bridge the digital divide and continue to deliver the best content proposition, to have a positive impact on the quality of life of users in the 14 provinces in which Supercbad provides services, "the statement said.

Supercbad

The territorial expansion in Argentina from Supercbad began a little more than 10 years after its founding, in 1996. There it began to acquire other cable companies in Mendoza and in the country and added another company with other services: Arlink, provider of video surveillance systems in urban areas.

The communications network is currently about 22,784 km in Argentina. n part of the national territory: Catamarca, Tucumán, Rioja, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, San Luis, Mendoza, Santa Fe, Cordova, Chubut, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego. Supercbad is the second MSO (Multiple System Operator) in Argentina and the main operator of cable television in the interior of the country.