a 70% stake in cable operators unlink munication's. the expansion plans are far from over. >> introducing the sudden link tivo stream. >> it is now majority-owned by this man. the french israeli businessman. in a $9.1 billion deal. he is the founder and head of european telecom group. >> the market loves patrick. the shares are up 7% or 8% today. the company went public in january of 2014 and the shares have only gone up. >> the french cable company brought france's largest mobile carrier in a $23 billion deal. it is giving the former monopoly a run for its money. few people expected him to move sites out of europe so soon. but now he has. there is speculation about his next move across the atlantic. >> the sudden link deal does not change his interest in time warner cable. he is still interested in that company. i think you can expect him to do more acquisitions. >> he confirmed that those acquisitions would still continue in europe. further evidence of the 51-year-old tycoon's intention to build a global empire in cable and mobile. >