46 h. ago ITV in talks over possible £1.6bn deal to sell broadcasting arm to Sky

Shares in ITV jumped nearly a fifth higher at one stage on Friday after it announced it was in ‘preliminary discussions’ with Sky.

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48 h. ago ITV in talks to sell broadcasting business to Sky in £1.6bn deal

ITV confirms it is in talks with Sky owner Comcast

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50 h. ago ITV in talks to sell broadcasting business to Sky in £1.6 billion deal

ITV confirms it is in talks with Sky owner Comcast

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50 h. ago ITV confirms talks over possible sale of broadcasting business to Sky

Reports late on Thursday revealed Sky owner Comcast was holding discussions with ITV over a possible deal to buy the group’s broadcasting division.

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51 h. ago ITV confirms it is in talks with Sky to sell its TV channels and ITVX streaming service for £1.6billion in move that would rock British broadcasting

ITV has confirmed it is in early stage talks over a possible sale of its media and entertainment broadcasting business to Sky in a deal that would value the division at £1.6 billion.

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51 h. ago ITV in talks to sell broadcasting business to Sky in £1.6 billion deal after huge cuts

It comes after ITV announced huge cuts to its biggest daytime shows including Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, Loose Women and This Morning

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60 h. ago Sky owner Comcast in talks to buy ITV’s broadcasting arm for £2bn

Deal would exclude ITV Studios but would mark major shake-up of UK televisionThe parent company of Sky is in talks to buy ITV’s broadcasting business for about £2bn, two decades after James Murdoch made an audacious move to become the biggest shareholder in the UK’s largest commercial free-to-air broadcaster.US media company Comcast, which owns assets including Universal Studios and bought Rupert Murdoch’s Sky for £30bn in 2018, is in talks to buy ITV’s broadcasting arm, which includes its TV channels and streaming service ITVX. Continue reading...

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