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.

Staff at Sky News have piled into the debate over the broadcaster’s potential takeover, warning the competition watchdog that blocking the deal would trigger 500 job losses and deliver a "deeply damaging" blow to British journalism.

A fourth business leader has resigned from US President Donald Trump's White House jobs council.

Disney, the world’s largest entertainment company, has outlined plans to sell some of its premiere content directly to consumers online.

Walt Disney said it was taking a stake in a streaming video technology company to sell more content directly to consumers, as it reported quarterly profit and revenue that beat analysts’ estimates fuelled by movie studio hits.

All systems are go for the opening on Thursday of the $5.5bn (€4.8bn) Disney Shanghai Resort, the largest foreign investment ever from the world’s biggest theme-park operator and a career milestone for Disney chief executive Bob Iger.

With its release date delayed, the start date for the filming of Star Wars Episode VIII was also pushed back. But Star Wars Episode VIII has started filming, according to Disney CEO Bob Iger.

Winter is coming, again, after Disney unveiled a sequel to the mega-hit animation Frozen.

Sony Pictures and Marvel have signed a deal that will see Spider-Man appear in an as-yet-unspecified Marvel film.

Idina Menzel has confirmed a 'Frozen' sequel is "in the works".

Disney are planning a sequel to 'The Incredibles' and a third installment of 'Cars'.

The new Star Wars sequel has an official timeline and one confirmed returning character – the robot R2-D2, Disney has announced.

SHORTLY after signing on as chief operating officer at Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg was looking to connect with people in a similar role — No 2 to a brilliant and passionate young founder. She called Tim Cook.

Star Wars fans have more than just Episodes 7, 8 and 9 to look forward to.

Disney are planning some standalone 'Star Wars' movies.

The Walt Disney Co said that it has agreed on an exclusive deal to build attractions based on James Cameron’s 'Avatar' at its theme parks, starting with Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida.

Walt Disney executives and their Shanghai partners used golden shovels to break ground today for a long-sought Chinese theme park that will feature the world’s biggest Magic Kingdom castle.

The Walt Disney Company is buying long-time partner Pixar Animation Studios, which made blockbuster films Toy Story and Finding Nemo.

Movie mogul brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein will cease to be co-chief executives at the Disney-owned film production company Miramax in September.

Walt Disney president Robert Iger is to succeed controversial Michael Eisner as chief executive, the entertainment conglomerate announced last night.