Crispin Odey


Crispin Odey makes Sky Deutschland U-turn

The finance company owned by Rupert Murdoch’s former son-in-law, Crispin Odey, has agreed to sell almost all of its minority stake in the Sky Deutschland. Odey and Odey Assett Management had initially resisted BSkyB’s offer to buy the outstanding shares in the German pay TV platform. However, it has now confirmed that it will offload […]

‘Sky Europe’ would boost content and save on tech, infrastructure

A merged Sky Europe comprising BSkyB, Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia would be able to make considerable savings on technology and back-office infrastructure, while cooperating to a greater degree on original programming, analysts noted in the wake of the news that the three could form a single, giant pay TV operator. Investment bank Credit Suisse […]