News Corp

UK government under scrutiny over News’ BSkyB bid


An opposition Member of Parliament has said that a criminal offence might have been committed if News Corp was given information about its bid for… Read more

Sky Italia sheds 86,000 subs, Carey backs Murdoch

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News Corp blamed a challenging economic outlook in Italy for the loss of 86,000 customers at Sky Italia in the first three months of the… Read more

Former News Corp employee to complain about football rights deal


Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of News Corp-owned newspaper The Sun and a former managing director of News-backed pay TV platform BSkyB, plans to complain about… Read more

Negative parliamentary report won’t hit News Corp’s credit rating


Moody’s says that it will not change its rating on News Corp, in the wake of a UK parliamentary report this week that was highly… Read more

Hulu reportedly moving to allow only pay TV users to view

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US online TV service Hulu is taking the first steps towards making content on its service only available to existing pay TV subscribers, according to… Read more

News Corp emails throw question mark over Hunt

A question mark has arisen over the future of UK culture secretary Jeremy Hunt, following the release of emails by News Corp to the Leveson… Read more

NDS faces fresh hacking claims, accuses BBC of “gross misrepresentation”

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New allegations have emerged claiming that conditional access company NDS promoted pay TV piracy in Australia that adversely impacted local operators. The Australian Financial Review… Read more

News Corp planning sports channel launch

News Corp is eyeing the launch of a national sports network in the United States, a move that would put them in direct competition with… Read more

Murdoch leaves News International to focus on TV

James Murdoch has stepped down as executive chairman of News Corp’s British publishing arm News International. This comes amid further developments in the UK phone… Read more

Sky Italia turns loss to profit

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Sky Italia managed just 23,000 new subscriber additions during the second quarter, 2012, ending December with 5.03 million customers. The News Corp-owned DTH operator did,… Read more