Disney buy Fox

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Beef

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The Walt Disney Company to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox,Inc., after Spinoff of Certain Businesses, for $52.4 Billion in Stock
21st Century Fox to spin off Fox Broadcasting network and stations, Fox News, Fox Business, FS1, FS2 and Big Ten Network to its shareholders

  • Acquisition complements and enhances The Walt Disney Company’s ability to provide consumers around the world with more appealing content and entertainment options
  • Transaction to include 21st Century Fox’s film and television studios, cable entertainment networks and international TV businesses
  • Popular entertainment properties including X-Men, Avatar, The Simpsons, FX Networks and National Geographic to join Disney’s portfolio
  • Expands Disney’s direct-to-consumer offerings with addition of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment content, capabilities in the Americas, Europe and Asia; Hulu stake becomes a controlling interest
  • Addition of extensive international properties, including Star in India and Fox’s 39% ownership of Sky across Europe, enhances Disney’s position as a truly global entertainment company with world-class offerings in key regions
  • Robert A. Iger to remain Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company through 2021
http://www.enhancedonlinenews.com/n...ney-Company-Acquire-Twenty-First-Century-Fox/

No more Murdoch owning Sky
 
It's a huge deal and effects a **** load of things. Also means we don't have to put up with Murdoch wanting to buy sky every year
Ok, I don't think it deserves its own thread - could go in the Off-topic or Premier League threads.
 
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Ok, I don't think it deserves its own thread - could go in the Off-topic or Premier League threads.
If people don't feel it is thread worthy they won't post and the thread will die. This place is hardly a crazy hive of activity these days
 
If people don't feel it is thread worthy they won't post and the thread will die. This place is hardly a crazy hive of activity these days
I don’t see a problem with this thread as it has a football connection.
 
From 2019 BT and Sky will share their football games. So you only need one sub