Tag: Fox
US: DOJ settles antitrust charges with Fox, CBS, Scripps, Cox, Tegna
The US Justice Department announced on Monday, June 17, it had settled antitrust charges with CBS, Cox Enterprises, E.W. Scripps, Fox, and Tegna, which...
US: Disney Closes US$71.3B Fox deal
21st Century Fox (21CF) officially announced on Twitter that the Disney’s acquisition of Fox is complete. The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of 21CF became...
China: Disney gets approval for Fox buy
China has given unconditional approval to Walt Disney's US$71.3 billion planned takeover of large parts of 21st Century Fox, Disney announced on Monday, November...
US: ACA warns DOJ against Disney’s Fox RSN divestitures
The American Cable Association (ACA) has urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to bar Disney from selling Fox’s regional sports networks to any in-market,...
EU: Disney offers concessions to secure approval of Fox deal
The Walt Disney Company has offered antitrust concessions to help secure EU approval of its US$71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets....
US: Fox announces new leadership before Disney merger
Mike Biard has been promoted to President of Operations and Distribution for Fox from his former role as president of distribution for Fox Networks...
UK: Fox letting go of Sky stake
On Wednesday, September 26, 21st Century Fox announced that it will sell its 39% stake in Sky to Comcast for £11.6 billion (US$15.3 billion),...
UK: Comcast outbids Fox and Disney in Sky auction
After three rounds of secret bidding on Friday and Saturday, September 21 and 22, Comcast offered the higher price of £17.28 (US$22.62) per share...
EU: Oct. 19 is the new deadline for Disney-Fox ruling
EU antitrust regulators have set an October 19 deadline for their ruling on Walt Disney’s US$71.3 billion bid for Twenty-First Century Fox entertainment assets,...
US: Disney and Fox shareholders approve US$71.3b merger
Fox shareholders on Friday, July 27, approved the sale of its entertainment assets to Disney for US$71.3 billion, reported Bloomberg. Both companies' investors reportedly...
