{"id":154127,"date":"2026-07-06T17:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154127"},"modified":"2026-07-06T17:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:14:48","slug":"itv-and-comcasts-sky-reshape-british-tv-landscape-with-us2-1-billion-dealunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154127","title":{"rendered":"ITV and Comcast\u2019s Sky reshape British TV landscape with US$2.1 billion dealUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostComcast\u2019s Sky has agreed to buy the broadcast channels and streaming service of Britain\u2019s ITV for \u00a31.6 billion (US$2.13 billion), creating a British champion to compete with global players YouTube, Netflix, Amazon and Disney.<br \/>\nSky CEO Dana Strong said the deal, announced on Monday and confirming a Reuters story, was a \u201cdefining moment\u201d in British broadcasting.<br \/>\nThe combination of Britain\u2019s biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster, home of Coronation Street, and subscription television company&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/europe\/article\/3359640\/itv-and-comcasts-sky-reshape-british-tv-landscape-us21-billion-deal?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostComcast\u2019s Sky has agreed to buy the broadcast channels and streaming service of Britain\u2019s ITV for \u00a31.6 billion (US$2.13 billion), creating&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154127"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}