Rupert Murdoch has pulled his Fox News channel from the Sky platform in Britain, where the government is assessing a bid by the media mogul to buy the broader Sky pay-TV company for $15 billion.<\/p>\n
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In a statement, Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox said it had decided it was no longer in its commercial interest to provide Fox News in Britain, where only a few thousand viewers watch it.<\/p>\n
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Critics of Murdoch and his company regularly cite the right-leaning Fox News channel as a reason why Murdoch should not be allowed to buy the 61 percent of Sky it does not already own.<\/p>\n
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Fox agreed to buy full control of the European pay-TV group Sky in December, but the British government is still deciding whether to refer the deal for a full investigation which could add months to the approval process.<\/p>\n
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The government has not found any problems with regard to Twenty-First Century Fox’s commitment to broadcasting standards, but it is examining whether the deal would give the company too much influence over the news agenda in the country.<\/p>\n
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“Fox News is focused on the US market and designed for a US audience and, accordingly, it averages only a few thousand viewers across the day in the UK”, the company said.<\/p>\n
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“We have concluded that it is not in our commercial interest to continue providing Fox News in the UK.”<\/p>\n
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The Fox News channel was no longer available on the Sky platform from 1600 local time on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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Sky shares closed down 0.5 percent at 950.5 pence, while Fox’s were up 1 percent to $27.52 at 1700 GMT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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