{"id":2489823,"date":"2026-07-06T06:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T06:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2489823"},"modified":"2026-07-06T06:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T06:40:07","slug":"uks-itv-to-sell-media-and-entertainment-unit-to-comcasts-sky-for-2-1-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/uks-itv-to-sell-media-and-entertainment-unit-to-comcasts-sky-for-2-1-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"UK&#8217;s ITV to sell media and entertainment unit to Comcast&#8217;s Sky for $2.1 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-287ac53f-f3b6-32b7-aae1-dd4c31fb4124\">\n<header class=\"flex justify-between items-start\"\/>\n<div class=\"flex items-start justify-between w-full mt-[7px] mb-4 flex-row\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center space-x-2.5\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Reuters;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative h-full\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-[.923em] text-[#808080] font-semibold leading-[19px]\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-06T06:20:14.000Z\">Mon, July 6, 2026 at 6:20 AM UTC<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-cover\">\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:800px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/hermes.media.static.aol.com\/media\/2026\/07\/06\/287ac53f-f3b6-32b7-aae1-dd4c31fb4124\/3cf0b75a-e68c-4b01-889d-1ed30ca9c9b1.jpg\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-body\">\n<p>LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) &#8211; British broadcaster ITV said on Monday it had agreed to sell its media and entertainment division to Comcast&#8217;s Sky for \u00a31.6 billion ($2.13 billion).<\/p>\n<p>ITV will receive \u00a31.2 billion in cash, an earn out of up to \u00a3200 million dependent on its advertising performance in the 2027 financial year and also &#8220;The Great British Bake Off&#8221;  maker Love Productions, which will join the remaining ITV Studios business, the companies said.<\/p>\n<p>($1 = \u00a30.7497)<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Paul Sandle in London and Raechel Thankam Job in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Kate Holton)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mon, July 6, 2026 at 6:20 AM UTC LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) &#8211; British broadcaster ITV said on Monday it had agreed to sell its media and entertainment division to Comcast&#8217;s Sky for \u00a31.6 billion ($2.13 billion). 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