London: British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc is trying to gain control of Sky Deutschland AG and Sky Italia through a deal valued at €10bn ($13.76bn), Bloomberg reported quoting people familiar with the situation.
The deal will consolidate Rupert Murdoch’s Europe-based pay TV assets by combining 21st Century Fox Inc’s 39 percent stake in BSkyB with its 55 percent stake in Sky Deutschland and the wholly owned Sky Italia.
The companies have been in talks for months and a deal could be announced this summer, the report said. The talks, however, could still fail to reach an agreement. Murdoch-controlled Fox’s stake in Sky Deutschland is valued at €3bn, while Sky Italia is valued at about €5bn. Reuters
