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Cinven and Warburg Pincus build cable empire

Buyout firms Cinven and Warburg Pincus have acquired their second Netherlands cable operator in two weeks, buying Kabelcom, the country's largest, from Dutch power utility Essent for €2.6bn ($3.3bn).

They beat US media company Liberty Global's UPC subsidiary to win the deal.

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