International. After several weeks of bidding to acquire the company 21 Century Fox, the Comcast company announced the withdrawal of the offer initially made for US $ 65,000 million.
The beneficiary of this decision is The Walt Disney Company, a company that was also bidding for 21 Century Fox and its last offer was for US $ 71,300 million. The business for 21 Century Fox includes film and television production as well as streaming assets.
Brian L. Roberts, President and CEO of Comcast, was in charge of disclosing the company's decision, who added that "I would like to congratulate Bob Iger (CEO of Disney) and the Disney team, as well as the Murdoch family for creating such a respected company."
According to the information disclosed, Comcast will concentrate on the purchase of Sky, for which it offered US $ 35,000 million, a business in which it has a competitor that also made an offer, 21 Century Fox, which has a minority stake in Sky.
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