Fri, 25 Sep, 2020
Wed, 17 Jun, 2020
It's October 2003. Saddam Hussein’s regime has fallen. For six months, Baghdad has been occupied by American forces.
Wed, 29 Jan, 2020
Charlize Theron is unrecognisable as Fox News star Megyn Kelly in ‘Bombshell’, a film that looks at the sexual harassment scandal at the network. She talks to Laura Harding about Me Too and the complexity of the film.
Sun, 19 Jan, 2020
It was the decade that altered the very definition of TV — Noun: Netflix. Verb: To stream.
Mon, 30 Dec, 2019
Paul Rouse The extraordinary sums of money that now swirl around the Premier League in England are driven by television.
Fri, 09 Aug, 2019
Because everyone I meet is more digitally adept than me (Tumblr? Twitch? Are you making these up?) I need to hang on to my occasional victories.
Mon, 11 Feb, 2019
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is to sell its 39% stake in broadcaster Sky to Comcast.
Thu, 27 Sep, 2018
When John Malone retired from the boards of Lions Gate and Charter Communications last month, the media and telecom industries shuddered: Was the ‘Cable Cowboy’ finally calling it quits? Not quite.
Wed, 15 Aug, 2018
On February 14 this year shares in Sky plc rose 3% following the news that the
Sat, 11 Aug, 2018
Twenty-First Century Fox has triggered a 46-day deadline to raise its bid for Sky in a battle with Comcast for control of the British pay-TV group.
Thu, 09 Aug, 2018
Far from the madding crowd, deep in the caverns of the birthplace of the once great bastion of altruistic volunteerism that was the GAA, a room full of megalomaniacs congregated.
Mon, 30 Jul, 2018
Sky shares leaped to an 18-year high yesterday as investors bet that a transatlantic battle for the TV group had further to run after Comcast’s $34bn (€29bn) bid trumped an offer from Rupert Murdoch made just hours earlier.
Fri, 13 Jul, 2018
If ever there was a microcosm of the battle for hearts and minds in Australian sport, then today’s fare is it.
Sat, 16 Jun, 2018
The UK has said it is unlikely to refer Comcast’s bid for Sky for a lengthy investigation by regulators after an initial review found that the $30bn (€25.5bn) offer did not raise public concerns about media ownership.
Tue, 22 May, 2018
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and Netherlands-based Ziggo Sport — owned by John Malone’s Liberty Global and Vodafone — said they had been targeted in a European Commission investigation into a possible cartel in sports broadcasting rights.
Thu, 12 Apr, 2018
Walt Disney offered to buy Sky News to help Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox win over UK regulators reviewing Fox’s £11.7bn (€13.3bn) acquisition of broadcaster Sky.
Wed, 04 Apr, 2018
Sky News would be sold off to Walt Disney or ringfenced under improved concessions put forward by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox as part of its efforts to seize full control of broadcaster Sky.
Tue, 03 Apr, 2018
US cable giant, Comcast, offered to buy Sky for £22.2bn (€25.3bn), 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.
Wed, 28 Feb, 2018
NBC and Universal Pictures owner Comcast has made a $30.9bn takeover approach for Sky in an attempt to trump 21st Century Fox's efforts to seize full control of the UK broadcaster.
Tue, 27 Feb, 2018
Ireland’s leading consumer advocate has called on Sky to cut the costs of premiership soccer subscriptions after it emerged it will pay 16% less per game in the latest auction of English Premier League rights, write Eamon Quinn, Joe Mayes and David Hellier.
Thu, 15 Feb, 2018
Amazon’s sports broadcasting ambitions will be tested this week in a multi-billion pound auction of English Premier League soccer rights, potentially pitting it against Sky and BT.
Wed, 07 Feb, 2018
Hit shows like Game of Thrones and Riviera have helped Sky deliver a 10% rise in first-half earnings, underscoring the appeal of the European pay-TV group to the US media companies trying to buy it.
Fri, 26 Jan, 2018
Wed, 13 Dec, 2017
Twenty-First Century Fox shares jumped in US trading and Sky shares rose in London after sources said both Comcast and Verizon Communications were also interested in buying parts of its studio and TV operations.
Sat, 18 Nov, 2017
A report that Rupert Murdoch held talks about selling film and television assets to Walt Disney added another layer of uncertainty to his £11.7bn (€13.3bn) bid to buy all of broadcaster Sky.
Wed, 08 Nov, 2017
A report that Rupert Murdoch held talks about selling film and television assets to Walt Disney added another layer of uncertainty to his £11.7bn (€13.3bn) bid to buy all of broadcaster Sky.
The popularity of Game Of Thrones has helped boost broadcasting giant Sky as it posted surging revenues and customer numbers.
Thu, 12 Oct, 2017
Rupert Murdoch's £11.7bn (€13bn) bid to take full control of Sky through 21st Century Fox will be referred to the UK competition watchdog for an in-depth probe, British Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has confirmed.
Thu, 14 Sep, 2017
The UK plans to expand its probe into 21st Century Fox’s bid for broadcaster Sky, exposing Rupert Murdoch and his family to further scrutiny over governance at their media empire and adding to the uncertainty about the £11.7bn (€12.8bn) deal.
Wed, 13 Sep, 2017
Rupert Murdoch's £11.7bn bid to take full control of Sky is to be referred to the competition regulator for further investigation, the UK's Culture Secretary has said.
Tue, 12 Sep, 2017
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Wed, 30 Aug, 2017
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has decided to pull right-wing Fox News from Sky’s airwaves.
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox has decided to pull right-wing Fox News from UK airwaves.
Tue, 29 Aug, 2017
The British government yesterday said it had received the additional advice it had requested on Rupert Murdoch’s bid to buy broadcaster Sky, and it would decide whether to refer the deal for an in-depth review as soon as possible.
Sat, 26 Aug, 2017
A decade after the onset of the property and banking crash, mortgage debt means households
Mon, 14 Aug, 2017
The British government is seeking further advice from Ofcom on Rupert Murdoch's £11.7bn swoop for Sky after receiving "new evidence and comments".
Tue, 08 Aug, 2017
Rupert Murdoch may have to wait until at least March 2018 before finding out whether the UK government will allow his 21st Century Fox entertainment company to buy the rest of Sky.
Sat, 15 Jul, 2017
The UK intends to subject Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of European pay-TV group Sky to a lengthy in-depth investigation after finding the $15bn (€13.2bn) deal risks giving the media mogul too much power over the news agenda.
Fri, 30 Jun, 2017
The UK's competition watchdog looks poised to launch an in-depth investigation into Rupert Murdoch's £11.7bn swoop for Sky after British culture secretary Karen Bradley said she was "minded" to refer the bid for further scrutiny.
Thu, 29 Jun, 2017
Rupert Murdoch’s £11.7bn (€13.2bn) bid to take full control of Sky has been given the green light by regulators in Ireland, leaving the UK’s decision the last remaining hurdle for the deal.
Wed, 28 Jun, 2017
The world of showbusiness collides in London this week with the world of gardening in the form of the colourful explosion that is the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Tue, 23 May, 2017
Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox has secured unconditional EU competition approval for its £11.7bn (€14bn) takeover of pay-TV group Sky.
Sat, 08 Apr, 2017
The British government said yesterday it would refer Rupert Murdoch’s planned takeover of Sky to regulators to decide if the deal was in the public interest.
Fri, 17 Mar, 2017
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox has said it welcomes the prospect of a "thorough and thoughtful" regulatory review of its planned £11.7 billion takeover of broadcaster Sky.
Wed, 08 Mar, 2017
Two weeks since the last round of Six Nations games and Ireland’s annihilation of Italy in Rome all but ensured that the vacuum would be at least partly filled by the sort of big picture debate that is only ever held in the absence of any live distractions.
Sat, 25 Feb, 2017
Sky plans to introduce a loyalty scheme to stem a rise in customer defections that, together with a jump in the cost of soccer broadcasting rights, cast a shadow over first-half results yesterday.
Fri, 27 Jan, 2017
Wed, 14 Dec, 2016
TV viewership of Sky’s flagship Sunday late-afternoon soccer game has fallen 19% this season, the biggest drop yet in a five-year slide in the UK that raises the risk that a decline in subscribers may follow.
Wed, 09 Nov, 2016
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