Overview | Portfolio Companies

Overview

MDP's communications team invests in a broad range of communications and media companies. With MDP's support, many of these companies have grown from early-stage entrepreneurial businesses into publicly traded companies with substantial market values.

Media - Advertising-driven businesses, including broadcast television and radio station groups, and publishing companies.

Wireless communications sector - Mobile telephone operators, paging service providers, high-capacity data and voice transmission service providers, and satellite service providers.

Wireline telecommunications sector - Competitive local exchange carriers, rural telephone operators, and cable television system operators.

MDP believes that communications properties can represent attractive investment opportunities because of several favorable attributes:

• Licenses or established market positions with inherent franchise value;
• Ability to serve a large and profitable market with a capital-efficient business model;
• Excellent prospects for internal growth and through acquisitions;
• Predictable, recurring revenue with high cash flow margins;
• Access to debt financing on generally attractive terms; and
• Good resale prospects and access to public equity markets.

Portfolio Companies

Representative past and present communications portfolio companies include: