Comcast tables $31bn bid for Sky rivaling Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox takeover attempt

Rupert Murdoch’s long-standing ambition to take full control of Sky is facing a fresh complication from an unexpected quarter after US cable giant Comcast tabled a rival $31bn bid for the pan-European broadcaster, significantly higher than 21st Century Fox's earlier $25.8bn submission.
An earlier bid by 21st Century Fox had seen it agree to pay the amount for a 61% stake in Sky, but US-based Comcast, which owned networks such as NBCUniversal, today (February 27) placed a riv