The European Union’s court has thrown out an appeal from a digital-TV company owned by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, ordering it and other broadcasters to pay back possibly millions of Euros in illegal state aid. The ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) orders his government to claim money back from his family’s […]
VOD platform SeeSaw has yet to make a significant impact in the UK, reaching less than 1 per cent of the VOD market, according to figures released by UKOM. The VOD platform, created from the remnants of Project Kangaroo, launched in February and currently offers over 3,000 hours of programming. However, the first official figures […]
Rumours of a bid by News for BskyB come and go like the seasons. But there was never much doubt that when he judged the time was right Rupert Murdoch would try and retake control of Sky. It is twenty years ago that he lost control and he has wanted back ever since. When Sky, […]
Will regulators allow the bid? News has probably taken the view that as regulators clearly already treat BskyB as if News controls it, then this might not be as big a hurdle as some expect. It’s another reason – as is the fact the regulator’s consideration will doubtless be time consuming – other shareholders will cheerfully sell up if their price demands are met.