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Why Comcast Is So Determined to Buy Sky

Why Comcast Is So Determined to Buy Sky

Comcast’s (CMCSA) offer of 26 billion pounds (or $34 billion) for a 61% stake in Sky, a London-based pay TV company, has topped Twenty-First Century Fox’s (FOXA) bid of 25 billion pounds (or $33 billion). Comcast’s new offer was ~10% higher than its previous offer of $31 billion and ~3% higher than Fox’s latest bid of $33 billion. Fox initially offered $15.5 billion in December 2016.