{"id":43698,"date":"2018-05-07T22:21:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T02:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=43698"},"modified":"2018-05-10T06:42:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T10:42:39","slug":"disney-fox-merger-a-done-deal-not-if-comcast-has-anything-to-say-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/07\/disney-fox-merger-a-done-deal-not-if-comcast-has-anything-to-say-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney\/Fox Merger A Done Deal? Not If Comcast Has Anything To Say About It"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"If you were counting the days until the sale of Fox to Disney so we finally can get a good\u00a0Fantastic Four\u00a0<\/strong>movie from Marvel Studios, a\u00a0Simpsons<\/strong>\/Gravity Falls\u00a0<\/strong>crossover on TV or were hoping to brush off that\u00a0The Black Hole Meets Aliens\u00a0<\/strong>spec script, well, you might want to cool your jets. There is a new suitor in town for Fox.<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/a> has the exclusive that media giant Comcast is making a last minute bid for Fox. And Comcast might have the advantage because while the Disney $52 billion deal was an all-stock offer, Comcast is offering an all-cash deal worth $60 billion. They are looking for bridge financing from investment banks to generate that amount of cash.<\/p>\n

Comcast is the second-largest pay TV service, the largest cable company and largest home Internet company in the United States. <\/span>It bought out NBC Universal in 2011, and launched a streaming service last year. Like Disney with their planned streaming service, Comcast most likely is looking for Fox content bolster its young service.<\/p>\n

Reuter’s multiple sources say the deal is dependent on the result of the Department of Justice’s challenge to AT&T’s purchase of Time-Warner. The Comcast offer will only go through if the AT&T\/Time-Warner merger wins in court, as a Comcast bid for Fox was denied last year due to antitrust concerns.<\/p>\n

More on this as it develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Media giant Comcast might be playing the role of spoiler as it makes a last minute, all-cash bid for Fox. <\/div>\n

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