Can the government even consider this bid while talks with disney take place? Since that would change the outcome, ie kick this topic into the long grass..
Fox Sports in the US have now been caught up in the various FIFA corruption scandals, accused of bribing officialls for media rights (along with many other broadcasters in the Americas).
The Competition and Markets Authority have ruled that the deal is not in the public interest on grounds of Media Plurality, but found no Broadcasting Standards issue would arise.
However, the Disney deal will reshape the Murdochs’ media empire and the CMA found in its investigation that if it went ahead as planned then the link between Sky and the Murdochs would “significantly weaken”.
Interesting development this morning, Sky have agreed to either ring fence Sky News or sell it to Disney NOW to facilitate the C21Fox takeover. If Disney were to win Sky in any future transaction, they could then reintegrate Sky News into their acquisition
