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Comcast Corporation
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Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company. The company provides broadband, wireless and video through Xfinity, Comcast Business and Sky; produce, distribute, and stream entertainment, sports, and news through brands, including NBC, Telemundo, Universal, Peacock and Sky; and brings theme parks and attractions to life through Universal Destinations and Experiences. Comcast Corp operates through two primary businesses, namely Connectivity & Platforms and Content & Experiences
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Sky's contracts with Disney at risk after Comcast takeover
Berenberg said: "Disney missed buying Sky and competes with Comcast. Disney now doesn’t have any incentive to renew its programming deals with Sky unless it’s on extremely good financial terms”
James Murdoch steps down from Sky board after Comcast completes takeover
Comcast now owns 76.84% of Sky after successfully outbidding Fox in an auction to take over the broadcaster last month
UK culture minister urges Comcast to ensure Sky News independence after takeover
"We want to make sure (Comcast is) committed to Sky News in the long term and committed to its editorial independence," culture minister Jeremy Wright said
Comcast completes fourth largest bond sale ever to fund Sky deal
Comcast's bond sale is the fourth largest in corporate history behind issues from CVS Health Corp, Verizon Communications Inc and Anheuser-Busch InBev NV
Comcast to end Sky share purchases in the market after taking controlling stake
Comcast outbid Fox in a £27.9bn auction of Sky at the weekend
Sky bobs higher as Comcast reveals 30% holding after making market purchases, makes offer mandatory
The crossing of the 30% threshold means that the US cable giant must now offer to buy out other Sky investors at its offer price of 1,728p per share
Sky set to be acquired by Comcast for £30.6bn after Fox trumped in sealed-bid auction
Comcast bid 1,728p a share for control of the FTSE 100-listed firm, trumping a 1,567p-a-share offer by Fox, the UK Takeover Panel announced on Saturday
FTSE 100 surges higher as Brexit talks reach impasse; pound plunges
Around 4pm, the UK bluechip index was 109 points higher at 7,476, just easing back from the session peak of 7,495 after a strong week
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Sky goes up for auction to end heavy week for company results
The UK's takeover panel said the bidding process will transfer into an auction phase from 5pm tomorrow until Saturday evening
Sky is not the limit, says UBS, as it downgrades the pay-TV giant to neutral
The bid battle might, perhaps, have made for a good mini-series in the style of "Dallas"; all it needs is an episode called "who custard-pied Rupert Murdoch?"
‘Sealed bids’ auction for Sky draws near as investors hold out for more money
If Sky’s two suitors, Fox and Comcast, don’t confirm their best and final offers by the end of this week, the UK Takeover Panel will hold a rare auction
Sky invests US$2mln in US-based content supply chain solutions provider SDVI
The company provides a cloud-based service that helps media companies manage resources and applications across their content supply chains, as well as analytics software
Sky could be up for auction if Takeover Panel intervenes in Comcast-Fox bidding war
Comcast and Fox have been battling it out to secure ownership of Sky and have until September 22 to revise their current bids
Comcast extends offer period for Sky amid bidding war with Fox
The offer period for Comcast's bid to buy Sky will now remain open for acceptances until September 12
UK takeover panel confirms 1,400p floor for possible mandatory Disney bid for Sky
Disney will only need to make the offer if it completes its purchase of assets owned by 21st Century Fox before Fox or Comcast succeed in taking control of the FTSE 100 broadcaster
21st Century Fox posts formal offer document for Sky takeover bid
The document effectively formalises a proposed bid by the media giant in July although Fox now intends to acquire the FTSE 100-broadcaster by way of a takeover
21st Century Fox given until Thursday night to increase bid for Sky
The deadline, enforced by takeover rules, means the media giant will have just days to trump Comcast’s £25.9bn bid for the FTSE 100 pay-TV broadcaster
UK Takeover Panel confirms Walt Disney would have to offer at least 1,400p a share to buy satellite TV broadcaster Sky
The Takeover Panel’s hearings committee subsequently examined that decision on July 27 after the regulator said that "various interested parties affected by the ruling" had asked for a review