{"id":31573,"date":"2026-06-25T15:10:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=31573"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:10:45","slug":"sky-close-to-sealing-acquisition-of-itv-assets-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=31573","title":{"rendered":"Sky close to sealing acquisition of ITV assets \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ITV-and-ITVX-website.png\" alt=\"ITV and ITVX\" class=\"wp-image-185933 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ITV-and-ITVX-website.png\" alt=\"ITV and ITVX\" class=\"wp-image-185933 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ITV-and-ITVX-website.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ITV-and-ITVX-website-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ITV-and-ITVX-website-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ITV-and-ITVX-website-600x400.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The acquisition is a complex task<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sky is closing in on a deal to acquire ITV\u2019s broadcast and streaming unit which will see ITV Studios take on Love Productions, the producer of<em> The Great British Bake Off<\/em> and <em>The Piano.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Comcast-owned company is finalising the \u00a31.6 billion offer with lawyers, according to sources close to the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Love Productions could be valued at between \u00a380-120m based on comparable deals, and an earn-out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A deal could be announced imminently, with one source cautioning that the timing could still slip due to final legal complications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Concluding the deal would end a saga that began last year, and became public in November when ITV said it was in talks to sell the unit, called Media &amp; Entertainment, to Sky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It has involved the complex task of separating ITV\u2019s channels and streaming platform ITVX, which comprise the unit, from its production business ITV Studios, which will be a standalone company following completion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">ITV and Sky have declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.5) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Sky #close #sealing #acquisition #ITV #assets #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The acquisition is a complex t&hellip; 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