Foxtel

...in Foxtel and Fox Sports? Thanks. Rupert Murdoch No. We're very happy at the progress of Foxtel and which we have the right to appoint the management but we only own a quarter of it. Fox Sports is very profitable but we only own a half...

In this article: Rupert Murdoch, Revenue, News Corporation, Credit Suisse, Fiscal year, and Fox Sports

...approval to sell just his 38 per cent stake. He would also need to find someone that can live with partnering Rupert Murdoch in Fox Sports and with Murdoch and Telstra in Foxtel. The general intelligence is that there are no...

In this article: PBL Media, Kerry Stokes, Fox Sports, Telstra, Rupert Murdoch, Balance sheet, and Consolidated Media Holdings

...rights over Telstra's stake. Foxtel will be an even more attractive proposition if the Government, as expected, reduces the list of sporting events that are off limits to pay TV under anti-siphoning laws. Mr Murdoch made the comments...

In this article: Telstra, Rupert Murdoch, Fox Sports, Kerry Stokes, Tax, and Consolidated Media Holdings

...gambling portfolio over recent months. Controlling Consolidated Media would give Mr Stokes a box seat to move on Foxtel should the Government force Telstra to sell its half stake. Consolidated Media and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp,...

In this article: Kerry Stokes, Royal Bank of Scotland, Seven Network, Fox Sports, and Consolidated Media Holdings

...Holdings, acquiring a blocking stake that would prevent Stokes's Seven Network from control of its investments in the pay TV businesses Foxtel and Fox Sports. The speculation came yesterday as the media tug-of-war continued with a $26.5...

In this article: Kerry Stokes, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp, UBS, Fox Sports, Credit Suisse, Super League, and Consolidated Media Holdings

...to afford to make that acquisition, allowing him to pounce. And even if he doesn't get to play, he is likely to benefit from the rising value of Seven's stake in any Foxtel deal. Then there is the pricing tension in Consolidated Media...

In this article: Kerry Stokes, News Corp, Fox Sports, Consolidated Media Holdings, Telstra, Deutsche Bank, and Rupert Murdoch

Another possibility is that Rupert Murdoch could approach CMH to secure its 25 per cent Foxtel stake, bargaining with Telstra, which could want the stakes in Fox Sports and Seek to pursue its aim of building a media business. When it...

In this article: PBL Media, Fox Sports, Consolidated Media Holdings, Pacific Brands, ACP Magazines, Ian Law, and Telstra

Hostilities between Mr Stokes and the Foxtel owners have run high ever since they were involved in a protracted court case in 2002 in which Seven Network sued Foxtel for the demise of its struggling subscription TV channel, C7. Seven...

In this article: Kerry Stokes, Seven Network, Australia, Kerry Packer, Telstra, News Corp, and Rupert Murdoch

...the information. In addition to its 25 percent stake in PBL Media, the company owns a quarter of Australia's biggest pay-TV broadcaster, Foxtel, and 50 percent of Premier Media Group, which owns the Fox Sports channels. In April, Lachlan...

In this article: Australian Financial Review, Sydney, Citigroup Inc, Taipei Times, Australia, Revenue, and Credit crunch