Reuters:Comcast prepares all-cash bid to gate-crash Disney-Fox deal - sources

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(Reuters) - Comcast Corp is speaking to investment banks about obtaining bridge financing for an all-cash bid to displace Walt Disney Co on its $52 billion deal to acquire most of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc's assets, three people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

The move is the first concrete step that Comcast is taking to upend Disney's deal with Fox. Comcast has already made a 22 billion pound ($30 billion) offer to acquire the 61 percent stake in European pay-TV group Sky Plc that Fox does not already own.

Comcast is asking investment banks to increase the bridge financing facility they have already arranged for the Sky offer by as much as $60 billion to finance the Fox bid, the sources said.

 

[Cbrun44]

Back the fuck up Comcast. Nothing good would come out of that.

 

[MasterYoshi]

Stop it, I need Mahvel movies

 

[rude]

BASED

 

[Disco]

All cash bid god damn.

Do it the scarface way at the fox corporate offices lol:

 

[Deleted member 4482]

nooooooooooooooooooo

 

[SupremeWu]

Content and recognizable IP is the best investment these days, they're smart to go all-in.

 

[bangai-o]

Is all this really for X-Men?

 

[maximumzero]

Stop it, I need Mahvel movies

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I mean...you've been getting Marvel movies for over a decade now.

 

[Fancy Clown]

Lmao

 

[Deleted member 19218]

Will the world be run by one big giant super company in the future that bought out all the little companies?

Spoiler: Spoiler

it's not a serious question, maybe

 

[nasirum]

Fuck off Comcast.

 

[diablos991]

Who is hated more? Fox or Comcast?

This feels like an election. Haha

 

[RPGamer92]

But I need my MCU X-men.

 

[BoosterDuck]

oh god no I don't want the Inhumans pushed on me anymore quick Disney use your Infinity Gauntlet

 

[Random Painted Highway]

No. No. No.

 

[Cybersai]

Fuck off, Comcast.

I just want Disney to get back all their superheroes and Simpsons, and Alien and Predator and True Lies and and then eventually buy MGM and DC as well.

 

[TheMadTitan]

Good, cause more chaos. No one should be allowed to buy Fox; Comcast and Disney don't need to be any bigger.

 

[Monkey D.]

didnt Disney and Fox sign contracts by now?

 

[mjc]

Trash, get outta here Comcast.

 

[ZattMurdock]

Comcast won't succeed.

 

[AlexFlame116]

Man they just don't give up do they?

 

[Wilsongt]

Mmmm. Monopolies.

 

[chezzymann]

Fuck off Comcast

 

[Dio]

well, it's not like disney cant easily outbid them. we'll see what happens in the coming months/years.

 

[lunarworks]

Comcast is thirsty as fuck for Fox.

 

[Ploid 6.0]

Cool, Disney owning everything would be worse. Maybe Disney could buy xmen or something, but it will only make Disney way too big if they get Fox. They may be too big as it is.

 

[lupinko]

Isn't Disney helping Murdoch with the Sky deal?

Unless Comcast can help Murdoch with that, their buy in has to woo the Murdochs too right? Because don't Rupert and his sons have the controlling interest in 21st Century Fox?

Edit: I just read it, they're trying to throw in helping the acquisition with Sky too. But from a business perspective, the Disney merger is smarter considering how NBC Universal is ran compared to Disney.

 

[ThatMeanScene]

I don't understand Comcast's obsession over this. I doubt federal regulators would approve it if they were the winning bidder.

 

[vivftp]

Good, cause more chaos. No one should be allowed to buy Fox; Comcast and Disney don't need to be any bigger.

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Well there was that very early rumor that Sony was also thinking about buying some stuff in the Fox selloff, are they even still a factor to buy anything, or is this an all or nothing sale? If it's all or nothing then yeah, Sony doesn't have nearly enough cash for that.

 

[Disco]

Is all this really for X-Men?

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Yes. They want to pay 52 billion for the xmen and fantastic four

Breh, the entire Marvel and DC IP isnt worth that scratch

 

[jett]

Man Comcast really wants this huh lol.

It'll be funny if the Disney merger doesn't happen. I wonder if Feige is actively developing two paths for the future of MCU.

 

[ZeoVGM]

BASED

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... What?

 

[KHarvey16]

Good, cause more chaos. No one should be allowed to buy Fox; Comcast and Disney don't need to be any bigger.

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You think that more companies bidding to buy Fox means it’s less likely someone will buy Fox?

 

[funky]

Whatever about Disney having a monopoly


I need Fantastic 4 in MCU!

 

[Akira86]

Comcast, I can get you Fox. just meet me on the corner of 5th and Malcolm X ave with a billion dollars in a duffel bag.

 

[TheHunter]

I NEED DR DOOM IN THE MCU

 

[KHarvey16]

Mmmm. Monopolies.

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Lol, not even close.

 

[Kernel]

Yes. They want to pay 52 billion for the xmen and fantastic four

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And they will hire Zack Snyder to helm the Comcast Universe

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Show me the money

 

[CrazyDude]

Cool, Disney owning everything would be worse. Maybe Disney could buy xmen or something, but it will only make Disney way too big if they get Fox. They may be too big as it is.

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And Comcast wouldn't? They are already bigger than Disney.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Good, cause more chaos. No one should be allowed to buy Fox; Comcast and Disney don't need to be any bigger.

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That isn't how it works.

 

[ManaByte]

Isn't Disney helping Murdoch with the Sky deal?

Unless Comcast can help Murdoch with that, their buy in has to woo the Murdochs too right? Because don't Rupert and his sons have the controlling interest in 21st Century Fox?

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Not only that, but Comcast runs into the same problems AT&T is having right now due to controlling internet and cable service. Fox doesn't want to mess with that. The Variety piece a couple of weeks ago discussed why they went with Disney due to that.

 

[Jmdajr]

I am ok with Xmen being part of a different company.

Sure. Give Disney Fantastic Four.

 

[Deleted member 35777]

And Disney will be like "fck we will make it back in no time, here's more money"

 

[Smokey_Run]

Good.

Comcast can loan the characters to Disney. The potential for this thing to go sideways when Iger and Feige walk out the door is too high for Disney to be able to sit on everything.

 

[Adam Sadler]

Holy fuck lmao they aren’t giving up

 

[louisacommie]

Cool, Disney owning everything would be worse. Maybe Disney could buy xmen or something, but it will only make Disney way too big if they get Fox. They may be too big as it is.

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You obviously don't have Comcast for cable lol

 

[ZeoVGM]

Cool, Disney owning everything would be worse. Maybe Disney could buy xmen or something, but it will only make Disney way too big if they get Fox. They may be too big as it is.

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Based on the argument you're trying to make, you should want Disney over Comcast if it has to be one of them.

 

[Colin Robinson]

Go the fuck away, Comcast. No one likes you. No one.