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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and Telstra delay $8 billion Foxtel float plans
2016-04-17 16:30:47| Telecom - Topix.net
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and Telstra have postponed their planned $8 billion initial public offering of Foxtel until 2017 due to the sheer volume of work that needs to be done to prepare their structurally challenged pay television joint venture for a sharemarket listing. Sources say that plans for an IPO in the second half of 2016, revealed by Fairfax Media in March , have been scrapped, with advisors now working to a less aggressive timetable for the deal including a pre-float merger of Foxtel with Fox Sports, which is owned by News Corp. Telstra, which owns the other 50 per cent of Foxtel, has led the push for an IPO.
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