Tag: Fox-Sky deal
UK: Competition watchdog delays report on Fox-Sky takeover bid
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has delayed issuing its provisional decision on 21st Century Fox’s $15 billion takeover bid for Sky by a...
UK: Opponents of Fox-Sky deal speak out at Houses of Parliament
A public meeting held at the British Parliament on Monday, November 20, heard former opposition leader Ed Miliband demand that 21st Century Fox’s (Fox)...
UK: CMA outlines scope of its probe into Fox’s Sky bid
The UK competition watchdog has set out the scope of its investigation looking into Rupert Murdoch's £11.7 billion (US$15.5 billion) Sky takeover bid.
The deal...
UK: CMA executive puts friendship on hold over Fox/Sky Deal
The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) chief executive, Andrea Coscelli, has said that he will, “take the prudent step of ceasing social interaction” with...
UK: Fox’s takeover of Sky referred to competition regulator
The British government has confirmed that it is ordering an extensive review of Rupert Murdoch’s US$15 billion planned takeover of Sky TV.
UK Culture Secretary...
UK: Bradley to rule on Fox takeover of Sky ‘soon’
British authorities have received yet more clarification from media regulator Ofcom on 21st Century Fox’s attempted takeover of Sky, with a decision on whether...
UK: Murdoch pulls Fox News off air in UK
Rupert Murdoch and his sons are pulling Fox News off the air in Britain. The network’s parent company, 21st Century Fox (Fox), has announced...
UK: Regulator submits new report on Fox-Sky bid to Ofcom
Britain’s culture and media ministry says it has received a new report from the broadcast regulator about a takeover bid by Twenty-First Century Fox...
UK: Regulator to take new look at Fox bid for Sky
Britain is asking regulatory officials to take another look at Twenty-First Century Fox’s bid to purchase the remaining 61% stake of satellite broadcaster Sky...
UK: Murdoch’s Sky purchase delayed until 2018
A planned US$15 billion takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox faces many more months of scrutiny by UK officials after Murdoch declined to...