Media company Disney and telco Comcast have returned to talks to acquire some of the assets of media company 21st Century Fox, according to multiple reports.
The negotiations were first reported last month, with the talks focusing on Fox’s worldwide entertainment and distribution assets.
At the time it was claimed that Comcast was interested in Fox’s international assets, including 39 per cent of European pay-television broadcaster Sky and Asian pay-television broadcast group Star, as well as Fox’s regional sports networks in the US and the company’s movie studio and cable television networks.
Telco Verizon was also previously reported to be interested in Fox’s international assets.
Disney is the parent company of international sports broadcaster ESPN. The media company’s talks broke down previously over price.