Sources say decision to stop broadcasting controversial channel is not connected to Fox’s £11.7bn takeover bid for SkyRupert Murdoch has taken the rightwing US channel Fox News off the air in the UK after 15 years. His US media group 21st Century Fox said it would withdraw Fox News from Sky in the UK on Tuesday because it no longer regarded the service as commercially viable. “[Fox] has decided to cease providing a feed of Fox News Channel in the UK,” a spokeswoman for the company said. Sky, which is 39% controlled by 21st Century Fox, continues to fund Sky News, which loses tens of millions of pounds a year. Fox News in the US is the Murdochs’ channel, they are responsible for its broadcasting standards and the appalling racial and sexual harassment that happened on their watch.

Source: The Guardian August 29, 2017 15:00 UTC