The new owner of Foxtel, Australia's predominant cable and satellite provider and a player in streaming is DAZN, a minor streamer in the U.S. but a global power in sports streaming--they intend to take over from News Corp. sometime in 2025, as Murdoch seems to want to clean out his holdings in case any other family member besides Lachlan takes them over when he dies:
https://www.thewrap.com/news-corp-sells-foxtel-dazn-group-3-4-billion-aud/ Foxtel already has a heavy sports commitment and also owns the Australian rights to HBO programming (including "Succession," which had to PO Murdoch)--I would be interested to see what happens with Sky News Australia, which is run by Murdoch and is essentially an Aussie Fox News (their slogan: "Real News, Honest Views"), unlike the UK Sky News, now run by Comcast. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c44e31e3-93ef-4943-adeb-50aa5526ff4fn%40googlegroups.com.
