Fox strikes back at Comcast in Sky bidding war

21st Century Fox has put in an increased offer to buy those bits of Sky it doesn’t already own, beating an earlier counter-offer from Comcast.
Fox bid £10.75 per share for Sky back at the end of 2016, but the bid was stalled by UK regulators taking a closer look at it to see what effect it would have on media plurality in the UK. They eventually concluded the potential acquisition could go ahead so long as Sky news is sold, to ensure its independence.
By that time, however, US cable