21st Century Fox submits £11.7bn formal takeover offer for Sky
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has made a firm offer to take full control of Sky in a deal valuing the UK pay-TV market ...
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Comcast buys DreamWorks for US$3.8bn to expand in film, TV and theme parks
US cable giant Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit has agreed to buy DreamWorks Animation for some US$3.8bn in a deal which should cement its ...
Qualcomm forgoes company breakup, improves profit forecast
US semiconductor Qualcomm has decided against breaking up the company, determining that its current corporate and financial structure best places it to ...
Charter to buy Time Warner Cable, Bright House
John Malone’s Charter Communications has agreed to buy larger rival Time Warner Cable (TWC) for US$56bn. Charter has also agreed to buy ...
CommScope acquires TE Connectivity’s broadband unit
US telecoms infrastructure provider CommScope has agreed to buy the broadband network solutions (BNS) unit of Swiss components manufacturer TE ...
Comcast confirms US$45.2bn merger with TWC
America’s two largest cablecos have agreed a US$45.2bn all-stock deal which will see Comcast acquire all 284.9 million of Time Warner Cable’s ...
Comcast and Charter close to agreement on TWC assets – report
Charter Communications is reported to be closing in on a pact with fellow US cableco Comcast over the sale of ...
Lenovo studies Blackberry bid – report
Chinese electronics company Lenovo is actively assessing Blackberry as a takeover target, prompting speculation that a potential deal would face ...
BlackBerry co-founders consider takeover
Two of the founders of struggling smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry are considering a bid for the company, they said in an ...
Sprint closes Clearwire purchase
Sprint Nextel has completed its acquisition of Clearwire Corporation for US$5.00 per share and the spectrum-rich wireless internet provider will ...
