UK competition regulator is less keen on Rupe getting his hands on the remaining 61 per cent stake
Idiotic. They missed the bit where Murdoch has been CONTROLLING Sky for years. The Murdoch bid is because he thinks he'll get more profits, not more control.
The various UK competition regulators have often looked at the wrong aspect of take overs for maybe 60 years. They made Ever Ready ripe for asset stripping by Hanson by blocking their take over of Mallory (rebranded Duracell). The husk of the brand bought after stripping by US Eveready (now Energiser and owned by a pet food company).
Yet strategic UK assets often thrown to the wolves abroad.
How did so many UK / Ireland newspapers & some radio stations end up being controlled by an Australian that bought US citizenship so as to be able to buy USA media?
Look at what happened to two Italian Pay TV companies. Search card piracy, who funded it and who bought/controlled the wreckage.
Dishonest Sky take over of BSB and also 28.2E satellite spot (intended for Central Europe).
It's irrelevant now what Competition Regulator thinks of Murdoch's takeover, damage long done to UK media.
Comcast isn't much liked by USA customers. Replacing a rapacious controller with a USA company?
Also while Irish takeover of Chorus and NTL cable was by UPC, (Sort of Dutch flavoured, Tulip logo, big in Europe) who then took over Virgin Media, is the renting of the name Virgin for UK and Ireland to hide the fact from ordinary consumer that it's actually Liberty Global / Liberty Media, another rapacious USA company?
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The USA rarely cares about consumers or Corporate Control.
Disney: Fox, Muppets, Starwars, Pixar and more.
I've lost track of what MS, Google and Apple have taken over.
Facebook assurances about customer privacy on their takeovers proved worthless.
Amazon: IMDB, Abe Books, Book Depositary, CreateSpace, Mobi and many more.