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Paramount, Comcast, Netflix submit bids for Warner Bros

Warner Bros Discovery has received preliminary buyout bids from rivals Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix, a source familiar with the matter said today, kicking off a potential sale of the century-old Hollywood studio.

Business • 21 Nov

ITV's M&E division, which includes its free-to-air channels and its ITVX streaming platform, is dependent on advertising

ITV in talks with Sky on £1.6 billion broadcasting sale

Britain's ITV is in preliminary talks to sell its television business to Comcast-owned Sky for £1.6 billion as both look to compete with Netflix, Amazon and Disney.

Business • 07 Nov

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority began an investigation in 2022 into how sports broadcasters shared sensitive information about freelancers' pay

UK watchdog fines broadcast firms £4m in freelancer probe

Britain's competition regulator fined four sports broadcast and production companies about £4m in total today for sharing sensitive information about fees for freelance camera operators and sound technicians.

Business • 21 Mar

Most customers of eir, Sky, Three and Vodafone will see the cost of their plans increase for the third April in a row

Consumers urged to switch ahead of price hikes

Households are being advised to switch and save in advance of upcoming broadband, TV and mobile price hikes.

Business • 19 Mar

Oliver Loomes, CEO of eir and
JD Buckey, CEO of Sky Ireland.

open eir and Sky announce five year partnership

open eir and Sky have announced a five year partnership aimed at enhancing connectivity between their core network infrastructures.

Business • 18 Nov 24

Sky Mobile said it is offering over 99% 4G coverage and 5G coverage across the country

Sky Ireland launches mobile phone service in Ireland

There is a new entrant in the Irish mobile phone market with the launch of Sky Mobile in Ireland.

Business • 10 Sep 24

The English Premier League is one of the big draws in Sky's sports package

Sky Ireland's revenues fell slightly in 2023

The race between Man City and Arsenal for the 2023 Premier League title helped Sky Ireland's business to achieve revenues of £510m (€598.39m) last year.

Business • 21 Aug 24

Sky's new streaming TV puts its set-top box functionality into the device and is connected by WiFi rather than needing a satellite dish

Sky launches new streaming television

European pay-TV company Sky has today announced a streaming television which puts its set-top box functionality into the device and is connected by WiFi rather than needing a satellite dish.

Business • 07 Oct 21

About 544,000 premises will be passed under the NBI programme with Cork, Cavan, Galway and Limerick set to be the first counties to benefit from the rollout

Sky partners with National Broadband Ireland

Sky is partnering with National Broadband Ireland to bring ultrafast broadband speeds of up to 1 Gb to homes across the country.

Business • 25 Jan 21

Sky's Broadband Buddy app is free for the 200,000 users of its broadband service here.

Sky app aims to help parents control child screen time

Sky has made a new app available to its broadband customer here to make it easier for them to manage their children's internet and online screen time.

Business • 30 Aug 19

Sky hopes to be able to offer the service to 1 million homes over the next 3-5 years

Sky launches Fibre to the Home service

Sky has launched a 1 gigabit fibre broadband service using the infrastructure of both eir and SIRO.

Business • 20 Dec 18

Rupert Murdoch, 87, has been gradually turning over control of his media empire to his two sons

Profits up as Murdoch plan for 'new Fox' on track

Twenty-First Century Fox reported a jump in profits in the past quarter as the conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch said it was on track to complete a key asset sale and launch a slimmed-down media group.

Business • 07 Nov 18

Brian L Roberts, chairman and CEO of Comcast, said he was pleased to become the majority owner of Sky today

Comcast's $40 billion Sky deal becomes unconditional

US cable company Comcast took control of Sky today after it acquired the 39% of the company owned by Twenty-First Century Fox.

Business • 09 Oct 18

Comcast emerged triumphant in the long-running battle for Sky after it beat Murdoch's 21st Century Fox in a rare auction held last month

UK seeks reassurance from Comcast on Sky's independence

Britain has sought additional reassurances from cable company Comcast over the editorial independence of the Sky News television channel following the US group's takeover of broadcaster Sky.

Business • 08 Oct 18

Comcast last month won the long-running battle for Sky after it beat Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox in an auction

Comcast secures over 75% of Sky shares

Comcast has secured over 75% of Sky's shares, bringing it closer to finalising the $40 billion takeover of the British pay TV group.

Business • 04 Oct 18

US cable giant Comcast bid £17.28 a share for control of London-listed Sky during the auction, bettering £15.67 a share offer by Fox

Sky recommends acceptance of Comcast takeoever bid

Sky has recommended that its shareholders accept the £30 billion takeover approach from US cable giant, Comcast.

Business • 24 Sep 18

Sky is at centre of a bidding battle between Fox, which already owns 39% of it, and US cable giant Comcast

Sky takeover fight to be settled by rare auction

A protracted $34 billion bidding war for European broadcaster Sky between US rivals Comcast and Twenty-First Century Fox could be settled by a quick-fire auction on Saturday, UK regulators said today.

Business • 20 Sep 18

Sky has accepted that it breached the Consumer Information Regulations, and the company has paid the penalty of €117,000 in full

Sky pays penalty to ComReg

Sky has paid the Commission for Communications Regulation a penalty after an investigation found that Sky failed to provide some of its customers on distance contracts with a cooling off period.

Business • 13 Sep 18

Comcast is still competing against Fox to buy Sky to expand internationally and find more growth with media content

Comcast profit tops estimates as internet customers up

Comcast said today it lost more cable TV subscribers than the previous year, but beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit as it gained more high-speed internet customers.

Business • 26 Jul 18

Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch said it had been an 'exceptional year' for the broadcaster

Bid target Sky reports 9% rise in core earnings

Sky, the pay-TV group at the centre of a bidding war between Rupert Murdoch's Fox and Comcast, posted double-digit earnings growth after its customer base rose to more than 23 million households.

Business • 26 Jul 18

Comcat is still trying to expand its international footprint by acquiring 61% of European broadcaster Sky

Comcast concedes to Disney in war for Fox assets

Comcast said it was dropping its $66 billion bid for Twenty-First Century Fox's entertainment assets, but said it would still try to expand its international footprint by acquiring 61% of European broadcaster Sky.

Business • 20 Jul 18

The £14 a share for Sky is lower than Comcast's new offer of £14.75 a share, but at par with Fox's current bid

UK Takeover Panel sets £14 floor under Sky shares

The UK Takeover Panel said today that Disney would need to make a minimum bid of £14 a share for Sky if it succeeds in buying Twenty-First Century Fox.

Business • 13 Jul 18

Comcast last night increased its cash offer for Sky to £14.75 a share

Sky jumps as Comcast and Fox lock horns in bid battle

Comcast last night raised its all-cash offer for Sky to $34 billion, topping a raised bid of $32.5 billion for the pay-TV group from Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox.

Business • 12 Jul 18

Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox has been trying to buy Sky since December 2016

Murdoch's Fox agrees $32.5 billion bid for Sky

Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox has raised its offer for Sky in an agreed deal valuing the pay-TV group at $32.5 billion, seeing off rival bidder Comcast for now.

Business • 11 Jul 18

Rupert Murdoch launched his bid to buy all of Sky in December 2016

UK clears Murdoch's bid for Sky if it sells Sky News

Britain said Rupert Murdoch will be allowed to buy Sky providing it follows through with a proposal to sell Sky News to Disney or another third party to allay concerns over the media mogul's influence.

Business • 05 Jun 18

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