Boost for Murdoch bid to buy BSkyB

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is expected to be told this week that regulators in Brussels have no objections to its £7.8 billion bid to buy BSkyB.

By The Newsroom

Published 19th Dec 2010, 14:28 BST

Updated 20th Dec 2010, 01:09 BST

But the deal will still come under the scrutiny of Ofcom, which will decide by 31 December whether to refer the bid to the Competition Commission. News Corp wants to buy the 61 per cent stake of BSkyB it doesn't already own.

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