Comcastset for fresh Fox bid

US cable operator Comcast is asking investment banks to increase a bridge financing facility by as much as $60bn (€50.6bn) so it can make an all-cash offer for the media assets that Twenty-First Century Fox has agreed to sell to Walt Disney for $52bn (€44bn).

Comcastset for fresh Fox bid

By Greg Roumeliotis and Liana B Baker

US cable operator Comcast is asking investment banks to increase a bridge financing facility by as much as $60bn (€50.6bn) so it can make an all-cash offer for the media assets that Twenty-First Century Fox has agreed to sell to Walt Disney for $52bn (€44bn).

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