Vodafone challenges Deutsche Telekom with $21.8 billion Liberty deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Vodafone (VOD.L) has agreed to pay $21.8 billion to buy Liberty Global’s (LBTYA.O) assets in Germany and eastern Europe to take the fight to rivals with a…
Exclusive: Comcast prepares all-cash bid to gate-crash Disney-Fox deal – sources
(Reuters) – U.S. cable operator Comcast Corp is asking investment banks to increase a bridge financing facility by as much as $60 billion so it can make an all-cash offer…
Exclusive: Redstone makes concessions on Viacom CEO to clinch CBS merger – sources
(Reuters) – Shari Redstone, the media heiress whose family controls CBS Corp (CBS.N) and Viacom Inc (VIAB.O), has offered CBS CEO Leslie Moonves to drop her demands for Viacom CEO…
AT&T subsidiary DirecTV asks to be dropped from antitrust case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – DirecTV, the biggest U.S. pay TV company and a subsidiary of AT&T, asked a federal court on Tuesday to drop it from the lawsuit that the government…
ESPN+ streaming service launches Disney’s digital drive
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) on Thursday debuted its new ESPN+ digital subscription service, the first consumer offering in the traditional media company’s push to become a…
Netflix offering more than $300 million for billboard company: sources
(Reuters) – Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) is offering more than $300 million to buy a company that owns billboards across Los Angeles, including on West Hollywood’s famed Sunset Strip, a move…
Russian ex-spy still very seriously ill five days after nerve agent attack
SALISBURY, England (Reuters) – A Russian former double agent and his daughter are still in a very serious condition in hospital five days after they were struck down by a…