Wigan Athletic takeover: Who are the new owners?
The new owners, International Entertainment Corporation, were founded in June 1998 as a news and business information website.
They took over Latics today, with chairman David Sharpe stepping down shortly before lunchtime.
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Hide AdThe principal activities of the company today are hotel operations and leasing of properties equipped with entertainment equipment at a hotel complex in Manila in the Philippines
Just two years later, the company went public and was listed on GEM - a Far East stock exchange, and the group further expanded its multimedia business to provide employment, community services and professional corporate services via service centers and on-line portals.
Subsequent expansion was rapid, after it was bought out by Mediastar.
On 17 December 2004, the name of the Company was changed from Cyber On-Air Group Company Limited to International Entertainment Corporation.
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Hide AdIn 2007, the group expanded into the record industry and bought hotel and entertainment operations in the Philippines and MacauThe Hotel Group is the owner of a deluxe casino hotel in Metro Manila, the Philippines consisting of 32-floor luxury hotel tower with over 370 guest rooms and gaming facility.The principal activity of the Macau company is property investment.