Microsoft considering $1bn deal with Sky Global

Microsoft is in talks regarding a potential $1bn stake in Rupert Murdoch's Sky Global Networks.

By Ron Coates, 30 October 2000 14:30

NEWS According to American reports, both companies have been in extensive discussions with a host of potential partners: Microsoft to gain content to offset the AOL-Time Warner deal; Sky Global to find solid investors before its intended launch next year. In fact, the two companies have exhausted all other alternatives and are faced with the prospect of each other as the last potential partners available.

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