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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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CMA submits final report on Fox’s Sky takeover bid
Culture secretary Matt Hancock now has until 13th June to make a final decision on the deal
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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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Analyst: Comcast’s Sky bid could depend on stock price drop
MoffettNathanson suggests Comcast's price drop could scupper planned bid
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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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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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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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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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Comcast ‘interested in acquiring Fox assets’
Comes a week after reports of talks between Fox and Disney
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Apple’s iTunes is losing the battle for video viewers
US market share has fallen from over 50 per cent in 2012 to between 20 and 35 per cent today
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Pay-TV suffers ‘worst ever quarter’
The first quarter of 2017 was the ‘worst ever’ for pay-TV subscription losses, according to the latest informitv research. The company’s Multiscreen Index found...
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Xfinity arriving on Roku
The Xfinity TV service is moving to Roku TVs and streaming players. Comcast has developed a new Xfinity TV Partner app designed specifically for...
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Altice to become one of five controlling half the world’s pay-TV
Altice has seen a meteoric rise in the past 18 months, transitioning from a private equity firm with a diverse range of smaller stakes...
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Starz Play Arabia VoD service powered by thePlatform
Comcast subsidiary thePlatform has been selected by Parsifal Entertainment Group to provide the back-end video management and publishing system for Starz Play Arabia
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Drahi expands telecoms empire to US with Suddenlink acquisition
Altice will acquire 70 per cent of the share capital in Suddenlink, the seventh largest US cable operator with 1.5 million residential and 90,000...
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Comcast reports TV Everywhere success
Comcast has announced impressive growth of its TV Everywhere services. In just over a year’s time the company has more than doubled its catalogue...
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Smart TV sales rise, service engagement falls
There has been a 15 per cent increase in smart TV ownership by industry professionals since 2012, according to the Smart TV Report by...
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thePlatform unveils mpx Replay
thePlatform, video publishing company and independent subsidiary of Comcast, has introduced mpx Replay, a new service offered as part of thePlatform’s mpx video publishing...
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BT chooses thePlatform for BT TV services
thePlatform’s mpx system will serve as the cloud-based, central video publishing system for BT TV
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