Australia will force Facebook and Google to pay Australian media outlets for news content in a landmark move to protect independent journalism that will be watched around the world.
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The video entertainment industry’s struggle to adapt to the new terminology sparked a merger mania that has rapidly condensed the market for pay-television services into the hands of a powerful few.
Comcast won a bidding war for Sky with a $39-billion offer for Europe’s largest satellite broadcaster, staving off rivals 21st Century Fox and Walt Disney to extend the US cable giant’s empire abroad.
Comcast bid highest in a quick-fire auction of Sky, dealing Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox a potential knock-out blow in their battle for Europe’s largest satellite broadcaster.
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has boosted its bid for Sky, raising the stakes for Comcast to retaliate in a battle for control of Britain’s top pay-television company. Fox offered £14/share to value Sky at £24.5-billion
The European parliament’s rejection of new copyright rules shows how difficult it is for regulators to compel the tech industry to pay for content that it uses for free. The parliament voted on Thursday to send a draft
Comcast has jumped into the fray for Sky, challenging Rupert Murdoch’s 21 Century Fox and Walt Disney Co with a cash offer valuing the business at £22.1bn and opening the possibility of a bidding contest
Walt Disney Co has agreed to a $52.4bn deal to acquire much of the global empire that media baron Rupert Murdoch assembled over three decades, from a fabled Hollywood studio to Europe’s largest satellite-TV provider to
With Rupert Murdoch’s iPad-only newspaper, The Daily, set to debut this week and Richard Branson’s iPad magazine, Project, already on its second edition, SA media houses are revving up to provide their own tablet editions
While other mainstream media have undergone radical change due to the Internet, television has remained relatively immune to its influences — until now