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Casema (Centrale Antenne Systemen Exploitatie Maatschappij) was a major Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 provider of cable television, internet and telephone services until the merger
Mergers and acquisitions

The phrase mergers and acquisitions refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different corporation that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business entity....
 with Multikabel and @Home to Ziggo
Ziggo

Ziggo is the largest cable television company, Internet service provider and Digital TV provider in the Netherlands. The company is the result of the Mergers and acquisitions between Multikabel, @Home Network, and Casema and launched officially on May 16, 2008....
 on May 16, 2008. The company was mainly active in and around the cities of Den Haag
Den haag

Den Haag may refer to:* The Hague, a city in the Netherlands* Den Haag , a novel written by South Korean author Ho Soo Kim...
, Amersfoort
Amersfoort

Media:Nl-Amersfoort.ogg is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly and has a well-preserved medieval core....
, Utrecht
Utrecht (city)

Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands province of Utrecht . It is located in the North-Eastern end of the Randstad, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands, with a population of 300,030....
, Amstelveen
Amstelveen

is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. Until 1964, the municipality of Amstelveen was called 'Nieuwer-Amstel'....
, and Breda
Breda

Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the place where the rivers Mark and Aa River come together....
.

Casema was founded on January 7 1970 and was at that time mainly concerned with cable television. Until 1998, it was owned by KPN
KPN

KPN is a Netherlands fixed-line and mobile telecommunications company, including both 2G and 3G mobile operations. The company is based in The Hague....
 (75%) and the Dutch Public-service broadcasting companies
Public-service broadcasting in the Netherlands

Public-service broadcasting in the Netherlands is provided jointly by a number of broadcasting organizations under the tutelage of NPO . NPO is the name used in the Netherlands to refer to the country's public-service broadcasting system as a whole; it is used, for instance, as the name of the joint World Wide Web portal coordinated by the N...
 (25%).






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Casema (Centrale Antenne Systemen Exploitatie Maatschappij) was a major Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 provider of cable television, internet and telephone services until the merger
Mergers and acquisitions

The phrase mergers and acquisitions refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different corporation that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business entity....
 with Multikabel and @Home to Ziggo
Ziggo

Ziggo is the largest cable television company, Internet service provider and Digital TV provider in the Netherlands. The company is the result of the Mergers and acquisitions between Multikabel, @Home Network, and Casema and launched officially on May 16, 2008....
 on May 16, 2008. The company was mainly active in and around the cities of Den Haag
Den haag

Den Haag may refer to:* The Hague, a city in the Netherlands* Den Haag , a novel written by South Korean author Ho Soo Kim...
, Amersfoort
Amersfoort

Media:Nl-Amersfoort.ogg is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly and has a well-preserved medieval core....
, Utrecht
Utrecht (city)

Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands province of Utrecht . It is located in the North-Eastern end of the Randstad, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands, with a population of 300,030....
, Amstelveen
Amstelveen

is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. Until 1964, the municipality of Amstelveen was called 'Nieuwer-Amstel'....
, and Breda
Breda

Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the place where the rivers Mark and Aa River come together....
.

Casema was founded on January 7 1970 and was at that time mainly concerned with cable television. Until 1998, it was owned by KPN
KPN

KPN is a Netherlands fixed-line and mobile telecommunications company, including both 2G and 3G mobile operations. The company is based in The Hague....
 (75%) and the Dutch Public-service broadcasting companies
Public-service broadcasting in the Netherlands

Public-service broadcasting in the Netherlands is provided jointly by a number of broadcasting organizations under the tutelage of NPO . NPO is the name used in the Netherlands to refer to the country's public-service broadcasting system as a whole; it is used, for instance, as the name of the joint World Wide Web portal coordinated by the N...
 (25%). The company was then sold to France Télécom
France Télécom

France T?l?com is the main telecommunication company in France and one of the largest in the world. It currently employs about 191,000 people and has nearly 159 million customers worldwide ....
, who in turn sold Casema to the Carlyle Group
Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group is a global private equity investment firm, based in Washington, D.C., with more than $91.5 billion of equity capital under management....
, GMT Communications and Providence Equity Partners
Providence Equity Partners

Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island that focuses on investments in media and telecommunications....
 in 2003.

In July 2006, Cinven
Cinven

Cinven is a European private equity firm founded in 1977 with offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt,Milan and Hong Kong. Currently, the company has raised four funds, with the last one signing up ?6.5 billion....
 and Warburg Pincus
Warburg Pincus

Warburg Pincus is a private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. It has been a private equity investor since 1971. The firm currently has approximately $35 1,000,000,000 under management and invests in a range of industries including Information technology, financial services, healthcare, leveraged buyouts and spe...
 purchased the company for €2.1 billion. The new owners also bought Multikabel and Essent Kabelcom (@home), two other cable companies. From May 16, 2008 the three companies were merged to form Ziggo
Ziggo

Ziggo is the largest cable television company, Internet service provider and Digital TV provider in the Netherlands. The company is the result of the Mergers and acquisitions between Multikabel, @Home Network, and Casema and launched officially on May 16, 2008....
.

At the time of the merger, Casema had approximately 1.4 million customers. The merged company has approximately 3.3 million customers.

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