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Originally Posted by andy_m
Sky are now joint with their European counterparts, is that right?
And Liberty Global is the world's largest cable company, or close to it, is that right?
So two of the largest broadcasting companies in the world would effectively hold the rights to a sporting championship with a global audience of about 500m people?
Could that be allowed?
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My reading of
The Sunday Times article which broke this story is that they are not joint bids "BROADCASTING giant Sky and John Malone’s Liberty Global are weighing
offers for a £4.5bn controlling stake in Formula One, gatecrashing the plans of a Qatari-backed consortium to take control of the sport."