21st Century Fox

Approval contingent on divesting regional sports networks

Comcast is talking to bankers about getting financing for an all-cash bid for the assets 21st Century Fox has agreed to sell for $52 billion to the Walt Disney Co., according to Reuters.

Comcast to pay £17.28 per share

James Murdoch resigns from the broadcaster's board

21st Century Fox will use Amazon's cloud service to deliver on-demand titles and for machine learning and data analytics

Shareholders for the Walt Disney Co. and 21 Century Fox quickly approved their estimated $71.3 billion merger on Friday in a deal that could radically alter the media landscape.

Analyst says Disney/Fox and Comcast/Sky account for four of every $10 in the U.S. spent to acquire content.

Disney will have to divest interest in History, H2, Crime & Investigation, Blaze and Lifetime channels.