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Optimum Communications acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Optimum Communications bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Cequel CorporationWord for word“Altice Europe, through a subsidiary, acquired Cequel Corporation ("Cequel") on December 21, 2015 (the "Cequel Acquisition") and Cequel was contributed to Altice USA on June 9, 2016.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | December 21, 2015 | — |
Cablevision Systems CorporationWord for word“Altice USA acquired Cablevision Systems Corporation ("Cablevision") on June 21, 2016 (the "Cablevision Acquisition").” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | June 21, 2016 | — |
assets of Lightpath Boston entry (acquisition of assets)Word for word“Lightpath also entered the Boston metropolitan area as a result of an acquisition of assets in June 2021 and entered the Miami metropolitan area in November 2022.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | June 2021 | — |
Cheddar NewsWord for word“We sold this business in December 2023.” 10-K for 2023 | divestiture | December 2023 | — |
Cequel Corporation ("Cequel")Word for word“Altice Europe, through a subsidiary, acquired Cequel Corporation ("Cequel") on December 21, 2015 (the "Cequel Acquisition") and Cequel was contributed to Altice USA on June 9, 2016.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | December 21, 2015 | — |
Cablevision Systems Corporation ("Cablevision")Word for word“Altice USA acquired Cablevision Systems Corporation ("Cablevision") on June 21, 2016 (the "Cablevision Acquisition").” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | June 21, 2016 | — |
United Fiber and Data ("UFD") - substantially all of the assetsWord for word“In 2024, Lightpath completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of United Fiber and Data ("UFD"), acquiring UFD's fiber network between New York City and Ashburn, Virginia, as well as a metro network in New York City and New Jersey.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | In 2024 | — |
Cheddar News businessWord for word“Our effective tax rate in 2023 includes the impact of the capital loss recognized from the sale of our Cheddar News business in December 2023 and the impact of the impairment of goodwill related to our News and Advertising business that was not deductible for tax purposes.” 10-K for 2024 | divestiture | December 2023 | — |
a fiber network between New York City and Ashburn, Virginia, as well as a metro network in New York City and New JerseyWord for word“In 2024, Lightpath acquired a fiber network between New York City and Ashburn, Virginia, as well as a metro network in New York City and New Jersey.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | In 2024 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $8.99 billion | $5.84 billion |
| 2017-12-31 | $46.7 million | $23.9 million |
| 2018-12-31 | $10.8 million | $7.6 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $172.3 million | $130 million |
| 2020-12-31 | $150 million | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $340.4 million | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $2.1 million | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $0 | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $38.5 million | — |
| 2025-12-31 | $7.6 million | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-07-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-06-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-03-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-01-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-11-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-07-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-01-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-04-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-12-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-07-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-05-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-10-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-06-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-11-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-10-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-07-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-02-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-02-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-02-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-01-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-11-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-10-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-06-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-05-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-04-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-03-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-02-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-01-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Optimum Communications’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-13. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.