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...for competition." Mr Tanner was a Labor backbencher in 1995 when the Keating government let Telstra, then a publicly-owned corporation, buy into Foxtel with media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. That was a "significant...

In this article: Stephen Conroy, Lindsay Tanner, Nick Minchin, Foxtel, Paul Keating, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, News Corporation, and Rupert Murdoch

...the dotcom bubble to fold into the company. This is when he turned to Telstra to help shore up his balance sheet, finding an Australian company desperate to get into Asia and with money to burn. PCCW fell apart under regulation and debt,...

In this article: Michael Bloomberg, PCCW, Caijing, China, Hong Kong, and Hu Shuli

...stream to offset the more cyclical advertising income. Murdoch also hinted yesterday that if Telstra was forced to sell its 50 per cent interest in Foxtel, he could be interested.) Murdoch was particularly bullish about the medium to...

In this article: News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, Revenue, Fox Sports, DVD, Malaise, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and David DeVoe

...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, Foxtel, Fox Sports, and Consolidated Media Holdings

...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, Foxtel, Fox Sports, Rupert Murdoch, Balance sheet, and Consolidated Media Holdings

Fox Sports is very profitable, but we only own half of it,'' Mr Murdoch said. ''There's endless talk going on with the new set-up at Telstra, the Government talking about putting in a broadband network to every single home … It's all in...

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

...industry. Telstra may be forced to part with its 50 per cent holding in Foxtel if it refuses to voluntarily separate its retail and wholesale businesses under the government's proposed industry reforms announced on Tuesday. The remaining...

In this article: Foxtel, News Corp., Credit Suisse, Kerry Stokes, Joint venture, Rupert Murdoch, and Seven Network

...Ltd and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Analysts said on Wednesday Sky Cable would be the most obvious benefactor of a Telstra sell-off, as they have first right of refusal over the remaining stake. That could see Kerry Stokes' Seven...

In this article: Foxtel, News Corp., Kerry Stokes, Credit Suisse, Joint venture, Rupert Murdoch, and Seven Network

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, Foxtel, Consolidated Media Holdings, Pacific Brands, ACP Magazines, and Ian Law