Fox Expected to Top Comcast Bid for Euro Pay-TV Giant Sky

Deadline: The battle to takeover Sky is set to intensify this week as 21st Century Fox is expected to top Comcast’s $34 billion bid for the European pay-TV giant. Rupert Murdoch’s Hollywood studio has until Thursday, under UK takeover rules, to make a new bid to buy the 61% of the Osterley-based company that it does not currently own.