According to Henson Family to Buy Back Muppets, EM.TV made a really bad investment in the Jim Henson Company:
Ailing German media group EM.TV & Merchandising AG said on Wednesday it agreed to sell Jim Henson Company, the maker of the Muppets, to the children of their inventor, the late Jim Henson.Putting an end to a protracted auction that has been going on for years, EM.TV said it would sell its wholly owned subsidiary completely for $89 million. It bought Henson for $680 million at the peak of the stock market bubble in 2000.
If I recall correctly, Jim Henson died in 1990. EM.TV bought the Jim Henson company for $680 million ten years after his death?