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Discovery, BSkyB in Channel5 joint bidJohn Malone-backed Discovery Communications Inc is in talks with British Sky Broadcasting Group over a joint bid for Britain's free-to-air Channel 5, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The Discovery-BSkyB talks have focus More… |
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Murdoch withdraws bid for British TVRupert Murdoch withdrew his bid for British broadcaster BSkyB on Wednesday in the face of cross-party hostility in parliament following allegations of widespread criminality at one of his tabloid newspapers. The move pre-empted by a couple More… |
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Murdoch under pressure to reconsider BSkyB bidBritain was looking for a way out of approving media baron Rupert Murdoch's multi-billion dollar deal to buy broadcaster BSkyB amid a phone-hacking scandal that has damaged the PM and raised broader questions about politicians' relations w More… |
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Abu Dhabi firm forms JV with Sky NewsAbu Dhabi Media Investment Corp (Admic), a private investment company owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), the UK’s leading pay television provider, have formed a 50-50 joint venture. The JV wi More… |
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BSkyB in talks to launch Arabic serviceBSkyB is in talks with a private Abu Dhabi investor to launch a round-the-clock Arabic news service based in the UAE capital, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. If the talks are successful the satellite channel, operating under the More… |
