Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt said that he intends to refer News Corporation’s BSkyB takeover bid to the Competition Commission. However, he plans to delay his referral until he has considered undertakings from the Rupert Murdoch-owned company.
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News Corp has told the government that it might be prepared to sell Sky News to in a bid to gain full control of BSkyB.
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Raymond Snoddy says one thing is clear, the patently decent, sincere politician (Jeremy Hunt) is committed to retaining impartiality rules for news whether on national or local television. Nothing like a big, bold new Communications Act to take his mind off things when local television goes tits up in 2014…
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