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21st Century Fox
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Fox looks to sell Sky News to Disney
Twenty-First Century Fox has proposed selling Sky News to Disney on completion of its buyout…
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Disney creates unified streaming & int’l unit
The Walt Disney Company has restructured to create a worldwide division that will house international…
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Netflix strikes Sky deal across Europe
Netflix will be bundled into a new Sky pay TV subscription pack in Europe. Customers…
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Comcast threatens Murdoch deal with £22bn offer for Sky
US cable giant Comcast has made a £22.1 billion (US$30.9 billion) bid for Sky, marking…
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Comcast looking again at Fox after higher bid was rejected – report
Comcast made an offer last year for 21st Century Fox that was significantly higher than…
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Content deals bite as Hulu losses sting Disney for $250m
Hulu’s successes in acquired and original programming are coming at a cost. Hulu backer The…
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Fox’s Sky takeover blocked once again
21st Century Fox’s second attempt to buy up UK satcaster Sky has been provisionally blocked…
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Endemol Shine brings in Fox’s legal exec
Endemol Shine Group (ESG) is growing its legal team with the hire of Fox’s James…
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Fox studio chiefs outline strategy after ‘shock’ Disney deal
Fox Television Group bosses have addressed the Walt Disney takeover of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment…
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Analysis: the Mouse catches the Fox – how Disney-Fox might look
While AT&T’s US$85 billion acquisition of Time Warner is the biggest media deal in purely…
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Disney secures $66bn 21st Century Fox entertainment takeover
The Walt Disney Company has secured a US$66 billion deal that hands it most of…
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Disney in clear as Comcast drops out of Fox race
Comcast will not pursue an acquisition of a suite of entertainment assets from 21st Century…
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Sullivan lands Fox president post after Freer’s Hulu exit
Brian Sullivan has been named president and COO of Fox Networks Group (FNG), with former…
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TBI Weekly: How Disney-Fox affects the international scene
There’s no guarantee The Walt Disney Company will end up buying the entertainment assets of…
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Iger could remain Disney CEO after Fox deal closes
Disney chief Bob Iger might not be done just yet. Reports claim Iger might re-up…
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Star CEO to be new 21st Century Fox Asia boss
21st Century Fox has named the chairman and CEO of pay TV business Star India…
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Disney resumes Fox takeover talks – report
The Walt Disney Company has reportedly reopened talks with Rupert Murdoch and 21st Century Fox…
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Comcast ‘targets Fox entertainment takeover’
Comcast has reportedly swooped in to buy 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets, with telco Verizon…
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TBI Weekly: Foxcatcher – will the Murdoch empire sell?
November has been dominated by headlines about the future of 21st Century Fox and the…
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Disney plots Star Wars series for ‘Netflix killer’
The Walt Disney Company is lining up a suite of original shows from its portfolio…
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Analysis: why would Fox sell to Disney?
Yesterday, it emerged 21st Century Fox had held talks to sell much of its business…
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Fox officially ends Network Ten output deal
Following CBS’s acquisition of Australia’s Network Ten, Fox has officially ended its output deal with…
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Murdoch ‘confident of Sky deal approval’ in early 2018
21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch has said he expects the company’s acquisition of Sky…
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CBS’s Ten deal nears completion
US broadcaster CBS has just one obstacle to overcome in order to take over Australian…
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Watchdog details scope of Fox-Sky investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published an issues statement outlining the scope of…
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Fox’s Gifted drama set for 183-territory launch
Fox Networks Group will air The Gifted in more than 183 countries on its channel…
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Ten creditors choose CBS over Murdoch
CBS Corp will be the next owner of Australia’s Network after creditors accepted its offer….
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Murdoch & Gordon fail to stop CBS’s Ten deal
Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon have failed in their attempt to stop US broadcaster CBS…
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Murdoch: Sky deal would be ‘positive’ for Brexit
James Murdoch has urged 21st Century Fox’s takeover of Sky to not be the victim…
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Confirmed: Sky deal referred to watchdog for review
The UK government has confirmed that 21st Century Fox’s planned £18.5 billion (US$24.6 billion) takeover…