Comcast challenges Murdoch

London : US cable giant Comcast offered to buy Sky for $31 billion in an unsolicited approach, taking on Rupert Murdoch's Fox and Bob Iger's Walt Disney in the battle for Europe's biggest pay-TV group. The company, which owns NBC and Universal Pictures said it proposed to offer 1

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Published 28 February 2018, 8:00 · Updated 21:28

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London : US cable giant Comcast offered to buy Sky for $31 billion in an unsolicited approach, taking on Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and Bob Iger’s Walt Disney in the battle for Europe’s biggest pay-TV group. The company, which owns NBC and Universal Pictures said it proposed to offer 12.50 pounds per share, significantly higher than the 10.75 pounds Fox had agreed to pay for the British company.

Comcast challenges Murdoch

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