The BV Portfolio

Business & Information Services

  • Partminer, Inc, a spot market global online and offline supplier of electronic components, and provides component parts information to engineers and purchasers in the electronics industry.
  • Production Resource Group, Inc., a provider of theatrical lighting, audio and scenic services and equipment.
  • American Media, Inc., the publisher of various national tabloid publications.
  • World Publications, LLC, a special-interest consumer publisher with 12 magazines.
  • TechRepublic, Inc., an Internet-based information provider for IT professionals.
  • Trade Services Holdings, LLC, a provider of information provider for HVAC, office products, automotive aftermarket and other industries.
  • Shore-Varrone, Inc., a trade magazine publisher serving a broad range of industries.
  • SSI Holdings, LLC, a provider of Internet and phone sampling information to the market research industry.
  • National Law Publishing Company, a newspaper and magazine publisher serving the legal community.
  • Marshall & Swift Holdings, LLC, a leading provider of underwriter and insurance solutions for the U.S. property and casualty insurance industry.
  • Communications

    • Vista III Media Holdings, LLC, a cable television MSO in the southeast.
    • WBS America, LLC, a wireless cable television MSO.
    • Vista Broadband Holdings, LLC, a cable television system operator in surburban Atlanta, GA.
    • Sygnet Wireless, Inc., a rural cellular telephone provider in northeast U.S.
    • Signal Perfection Ltd., designs, integrates, installs and maintains audio, videoconferencing and multimedia systems.
    • Rural Cellular Corporation, a rural cellular telephone provider throughout the U.S.
    • Peachtree Cable Associates, Ltd., a cable television MSO in the Southeast.
    • Prime Cable of Maryland, Inc., a cable television operator in Maryland.
    • First Carolina Communications, Inc., a cable television MSO in the Southeast and Midwest.
    • First Carolina Cable TV, a cable television MSO in the Eastern U.S.
    • Media

      • Vue Entertainment Holdings, an international movie theater exhibition company.
      • Theater Holdings, Inc., a movie theater exhibition company in New England and the Midwest.
      • Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, the leading operator of U.S. theme parks.
      • POA Acquisition, Corp., an outdoor advertising firm in Orlando, FL and other Southeast markets.
      • Panavision, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of motion picture and television industry equipment.
      • Outdoor Advertising Holdings, provides outdoor advertising in Southeast markets.
      • Motown Record Company, L.P., a recording music company with a leading category of artists.
      • CPP/Belwin, Inc., a print music publisher for domestic and international distribution.
      • Chappell & Co., Inc., the largest music publishing company in the world, administering over 400,000 copyrights in classical and contemporary artists.
      • Television Station Group Holdings, LLC, two CBS-affiliated television stations located in Johnstown-Altoona-State College, PA and Binghamton, NY.
Press, Announcements & Events
BV Investment Partners Completes Sale of Vision Communications to EATEL
BOSTON, January 6, 2012 – BV Investment Partners (“BV”), has completed the sale of Vision Communications (“Vision” or the “Company”), a Louisiana-based communications and broadband services provider, to EATEL.  Vision provides .....
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BV Investment Partners To Sell Vision Communications To EATEL
BOSTON, September 20, 2011 – BV Investment Partners (“BV”), today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell Vision Communications (“Vision” or the “Company”), a Louisiana based communications and .....
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