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Vodafone and Liberty Global agree €18.4 billion takeover deal
Vodafone acquires Liberty Global's operations in Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic and Romania
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Veteran analyst predicts Microsoft will buy Netflix in the next two years
Porter Bibb says Microsoft sees Netflix as a way to enter the streaming business
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Comcast prepares to ‘gate-crash’ Fox/Disney deal
Company reportedly planning to make an all-cash offer for 21st Century Fox's media assets
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Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions business sold
Sold to private equity firm Permira Funds
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Comcast makes formal £22 billion bid for Sky
Sky's Independent Committee "withdraws its recommendation" of offer from 21st Century Fox
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Formula 1 to integrate OTT service onto PlayON platform
First time Formula 1 has bought into an external company
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21st Century Fox president thinks Disney deal ‘should complete by summer 2019’
Peter Rice says transition of staff to Disney "will be seemless"
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Regulator tells Disney it must bid for Sky after Fox deal
The UK Takeover Panel ruled Disney must make a mandatory offer to Sky shareholders within 28 days of its purchase of 21st Century Fox's...
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Future acquires NewBay Media
Acquisition increases Future’s total owned brands to more than 100 across print, events and online, with a total global reach of over 120 million
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Fox offers to sell Sky News to Disney in order to meet CMA requirements
21st Century Fox has proposed two new offers in hopes of completing £11.7 billion deal
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Comcast’s Sky bid could lead to a global OTT service
Analyst suggests Comcast is more interested in OTT possibilities than satellite
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Gravity Media Group acquires Genesis Broadcast Services
Genesis will be rebranded as Gearhouse Broadcast Germany
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Television content producer M&As more than doubled over last four years
Deal activity spiked in 2017, with 102 mergers and acquisitions
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Discovery completes Scripps Networks Interactive acquisition
New company is called Discovery Inc
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Comcast sees Sky as more than a satellite operator
Comcast's CFO says Sky is an "enabling technology"
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Comcast makes £22 billion bid for Sky
Bid is a 16 per cent increase in value over the current deal with 21st Century Fox
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21st Century Fox president ‘would prefer to sell to Disney’
Peter Rice described rumours of Comcast interest as 'speculation-palooza'
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European Commission clears Discovery’s acquisition of Scripps
Commission concluded that proposed transaction, with certain commitments, would raise no competition concerns
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Comcast ‘may try to top Disney’s bid for Fox’
Company could re-enter the fray if AT&T succeeds in bid for Time Warner
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Could there be more consolidation on the horizon?
Reports Viacom and CBS could merge; Lionsgate also considered ripe for acquisition
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Disney acquires 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets for £39 billion
Deal includes Murdoch's 39 per cent stake in Sky
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Comcast “no longer” looking at Fox’s film and TV assets
Company finally admitted it was interested in acquiring Sky
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Comcast ‘wants full control of Sky’
NBCUniversal owner is in race with Disney for Fox's assets
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Disney ‘renews interest in Fox’
Murdochs expected to decide by the end of the year if sale will move forward
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Comcast ‘interested in acquiring Fox assets’
Comes a week after reports of talks between Fox and Disney
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“Quite astonishing” if Murdochs sell 21st Century Fox
Reports suggest Disney has been in talks to buy a large portion of the company
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Discovery Communications acquires Scripps Networks Interactive
Transaction expected to close by early 2018
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Gravity Media Group acquires Input Media
Input Media will retain its branding, current leadership team and staff
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5USA acquires FTA rights for Bull from CBS
5USA has acquired the exclusive free to air rights for CBS drama Bull. The series counts Steven Spielberg and Dr Phil McGraw among its...
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Tin Roof Media buys majority stake in House of Tiny Tearaways producer
Investment group Tin Roof Media has bought a majority stake in Outline Productions, creators of BBC Three’s TheHouse of Tiny Tearaways and the recent...
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Telestream to acquire IneoQuest
Telestream has agreed a deal to acquire video analytics and service assurance solutions provider IneoQuest. Founded in 2001, IneoQuest has designed its solutions to...
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UTV Ireland sold to ITV
Irish commercial channel UTV Ireland will be included in the sale of TV assets to ITV.
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Telstra acquires streaming specialist Ooyala
Telco giant Telstra has acquired video streaming and analytics company, Ooyala.
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BSkyB in talks to acquire Sky Deutschland, Sky Italia
BSkyB is in talks to acquire its European co-brands, Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia.
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Kaltura goes OTT with Israel’s Tvinci
Open source video platform Kaltura has acquired Tvinci, Israel-based provider of pay OTT TV services, moving the company further towards its goal of a...