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Fox and Comcast Accelerate Their Bidding War Over Control of European Media Giant Sky

If Comcast wins, it could bow out of battling Disney for Fox’s assets

OFCOM Considers The Multi-billion Pound Takeover Of SKY By 21st Century Fox — It's been 19 months since Fox first bid for the remaining 61% of Sky it doesn't already own.Getty Images

July 12, 2018

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Comcast temporarily put its ongoing bidding war with Disney over 21st Century Fox on the backburner yesterday to focus on its other big media battle, also involving Fox, for control of European media giant Sky.

Late yesterday, Comcast increased its bid for 61 percent of Sky to $34 billion. That trumps the new $32.5 billion offer from Fox (which already owns the other 39 percent of Sky) yesterday morning. Before then, Comcast had been in the lead, with its $31 billion bid in April.

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