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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

It's been 19 months since Fox first bid for the remaining 61% of Sky it doesn't already own.Getty Images
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By Jason Lynch

July 12, 2018

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.

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Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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