Article: Kirch wins East Germany battle; regains rights on huge film package. (Leo Kirch)

Article: After weeks of inching towards insolvency and staring into the ...
The Economist (US);  April 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... insolvency and staring into the abyss, Kirch Group folded. KirchMedia, the rights ... terrestrial-TV business at the centre of Kirch, filed for bankruptcy; its German creditor ... which were originally owed to the old East Germany. America's Securities and Exchange ...

Article: Kirch running out of track all too fast
Evening News - Scotland;  March 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ...GERMANY'S Kirch is failing to make headway with creditors over ... sources familiar with the rescue talks said. "Kirch is very close to the limit," said one source. Asked how long Kirch could survive, he added: "The banks need to ...

Article: Kirch Group, Italian PM in Talks
AP Online;  February 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... FRANKFURT, Germany German media giant Kirch Group, desperate to raise cash and avoid ... Telecinco, company officials said Wednesday. Kirch, Germany's largest commercial television ... to pay creditors and business partners. Kirch spokesman Hartmut Schultz said the talks ...

Article: Kirch media conglomerate will avoid breakup, major job ...
AP Worldstream;  April 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 0000 Dateline: BERLIN German media giant Kirch Group, believed to be on the verge of ... creditors, the governor of the state where Kirch is based said Sunday. The comment by Bavarian ... was the strongest indication yet that Kirch would file for insolvency as early as Monday ...

Article: Kirch renegotiating studio pacts. (Kirch Group)
Multichannel News;  November 4, 1996 ;     700+ words ...FRANKFURT, GERMANY - Germany's The Kirch Group is renegotiating its $1 billion ... Premiere. "We know for sure [that] Kirch guaranteed 1.5 million subscribers to ... plus an additional 200,000 he [Leo Kirch, head of The Kirch Group] promised to ...

Article: Can Kirch escape from Springer and Murdoch?
Sunday Business (London, England);  February 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ...ANeil: do not cut last lines Sugg hed: Can Kirch escape from Springer LEO Kirch has a reputation for being a master of survival ... about the financial distress of the Munich-based Kirch Gruppe have circulated for months but the media ...

Article: Kirch Gruppe's future thrown into doubt.
EuropeMedia;  February 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... have uncovered that troubled media giant Kirch Gruppe's debts are even higher than previously ... To its eight most important creditors, Kirch is now said to owe E4.7bn, plus an additional ... for movie rights. It is understood that Kirch had received a E300m grant by Commerzbank ...