Comcast abandons 21st Century Fox bid with Walt Disney ready to swoop in as buyer
US cable giant Comcast has relinquished its bid to acquire 21st Century Fox’s assets while entertainment provider The Walt Disney Co. might announce ...
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Comcast rumoured interest in Sky while it looks at 21st Century Fox assets
US cable giant Comcast is understood to be interested in taking over UK satellite broadcaster Sky while it looks at 21st Century Fox’s assets. Comcast’s ...
UK to decide on Fox’s proposed £11.7bn buy of Sky by 29 June
UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Karen Bradley will announce on 29 June her decision on 21st ...
Ofcom pushes out deadline for Fox’s proposed Sky takeover after UK snap elections
UK’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Karen Bradley has extended the deadline for the public interest report into 21st Century Fox’s proposed ...
Fox awaits final UK decision on Sky merger after getting EC nod
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has received the European Commission’s approval for the £11.7bn (US$14.6bn) takeover of Sky leaving it in the hands of ...
Berlusconi: Premium faces €100m hit after sale to Vivendi falls through
Italian Broadcaster Mediaset’s failure to divest its pay-TV unit Premium to French media giant Vivendi will result in a €100m (US$108m) hit to its FY2016 accounts. While Mediaset and ...
Largest telecom regulation shake-up in a decade as BT and Ofcom agree on Openreach separation
UK incumbent telco BT has reached an agreement with local communications watchdog Ofcom to legally separate its infrastructure company Openreach ending a two-year debate. Under ...
Sky said to swoop for Mediaset Premium after Vivendi dispute
British satellite broadcaster and broadband provider Sky is rumoured to be in advanced negotiations with Milan-based media group Mediaset to buy its pay-TV arm. ...
TalkTalk controlling shareholder Charles Dunstone retakes control of ailing fixed-line operator
The chairman of Dixons Carphone is stepping down from his role in May to become executive chairman of the other British telecoms ...
TalkTalk to raise £300m in debut notes to diversify funding
TalkTalk aims to raise £300m (US$365m) in the British telco’s first ever bond offering to diversify its funding sources. TelecomFinance understands ...
