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Fox extends offer for Sky as auction deadline looms
21st Century Fox has extended its deadline for Sky shareholders to accept its £14 a share…
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Fox posts offer note for Sky deal
Twenty-First Century Fox has put in an offer document and form of acceptance for its…
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Netflix surpasses HBO in Emmy nominations
For the first time, Netflix has surpassed HBO in the number of Emmy nominations it…
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Sky bid heats up for Fox, Comcast
21st Century Fox is expected to receive a green light from culture secretary Matt Hancock to…
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US broadcast M&A reaches $5.11bn for 2018
US broadcast station mergers and acquisitions (M&A) raised $5.11 billion in the second quarter of…
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TBI Weekly: Disney may win the Fox race
This week, the bidding war between Disney and Comcast for Fox assets got all the…
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Disney’s odds look promising as it ups Fox bid to $71.3bn
Disney has upped its bid for Twenty First Century Fox’s film and television assets to…
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UK gov’t sets scene for Sky bidding war between Fox and Comcast
The UK government has approved 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky on the condition that…
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Hulu reorganises leading teams, eliminates chief content officer role
Hulu has launched a major reorganisation across its top teams in content, technology, marketing and…
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TBI Weekly: UK broadcasters band together
As major global entertainment companies increasingly pursue M&A activity to fend off the threat of…
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Fox sets shareholder vote on Disney
Fox has set a shareholder vote on July 10 to determine the $52 billion sale…
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Comcast prepares all-cash offer for 21st Century Fox
Comcast has confirmed that it is considering making an all-cash offer for the Fox assets…
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Fox axes Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Hulu eyes its revival
Fox has cancelled three popular comedies including Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which Hulu and other US players…
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Fox Networks Groups restructures African team
Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe and Africa has unveiled a new executive team structure for…
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TBI Weekly: Comcast joins the M&A race
This week, Comcast kicked off a bidding war by formally offering £22bn for Sky and…
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Disney/Fox deal to close by Spring/Summer 2019
Peter Rice, president of 21st Century Fox, has told staffers that the merger between Fox…
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UK regulator says Disney must buy Sky under Fox deal
Disney will be required to make a mandatory offer for all of Sky after completing its…
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Fox London office raided by European Commission investigators
European Commission investigators raided the UK offices of Fox Networks Group yesterday as part of…
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BBC faces ‘fight for the future’, says Tony Hall
The BBC and UK public service broadcasting in general faces “a fight for the future”…
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Fox to air Meghan Markle special
Fox is set to air a two-hour special named Meghan Markle: An American Princess on…
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Netflix to bring in $15bn in sub fees for 2018, says CEO
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has stated that Netflix is set to earn around $15bn (£10.8bn)…
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Sky UK among buyers of Ryan Murphy’s Fox drama 9-1-1
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has licensed its high rating cop series 9-1-1 in over…
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YouTube TV ups price and adds Turner channels
YouTube TV is set to up its price from US$35 to US$40 per month, has…
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Fox still confident of Sky approval
21st Century Fox remains confident that it will secure regulatory approval for its acquisition of Sky…
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Nat Geo & Fox bring back Seth MacFarlane’s Cosmos
Fox and National Geographic have announced that they will bring back Emmy Award-winning series Cosmos,…
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Fox Asia hires Multichoice EVP for FOX+ OTT service
Fox Networks Group Asia (FNGA) has appointed Multichoice exec John Kotsaftis in the newly created…
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TBI’s top ten stories of 2017
In many ways, 2017 was a landmark year for television and the wider world, with…
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Fox launches Nat Geo on-demand service in Europe & Africa
Fox Networks Europe & Africa is following up the launch of on-demand service Fox+ with…
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Kapital hires Fox vet for business ops
Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment has hired Fox veteran Sandra Ortiz to oversee business affairs and…
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Asian prodcos: OTT’s golden moment
Golden Karavan’s Apoorva Bakshi and Jeff Sagansky talk to Kaltrina Bylykbashi about why India needs…