{"id":677410,"date":"2026-07-06T22:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/677410\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:01:08","slug":"itv-sells-media-and-entertainment-business-to-sky-in-1-6bn-deal-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/677410\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV sells media and entertainment business to Sky in \u00a31.6bn deal &#8211; The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxQaHVxY0UwS0N3RE5SWTg1ZWc3ZXNTaVJuOVp2V1VYemxRbklYYzl0VFZPVEs3WUlQN094OTJsZWcxbHBtTjhRRDhQYzVnUTBWOWlZRE03N3h3NHBiZzFtYzZhMTZWVlhLWHpmQmZSWEdLblJYUndyaVRaLXE2LWpIZHZObWQ3UUhRdF8zbmVWeEw5TlVsZUpwY1JNVU5kZk00MHdUX3BtVlJlRUZJQS10d19CWVNfeDdPME5TWHpVUGhRa1ZXOHVZUkROTTM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ITV sells media and entertainment business to Sky in \u00a31.6bn deal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5paVl5Y0lXVGJ2bkkxaGZWTFE0aXNwNF9BOTVHQ3puRXNaTzV6NU5NNG5Wc2RYMXlOc2s2Vnl4RjRqR2E2SlJPN2FyOFJ2VE8teF9nVUxmNW85WW9N?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ITV hits such as I&#8217;m a Celebrity to stay free to watch after Sky takeover<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwJBVV95cUxQOWhFOGJRS2FHZEc2blFOV2NJN0JLWDFwSHJfZS14cmJsTTdmajBHOFNzUS1Fd3J0Y2hIdkFTME9IVkpTU1FkSnZfcGJOYzUwYm4xRW9Xb1ZHRVMwY2VSVmpCclZmbDJpVkJwR21iX2t0RW1RZ1FoSTlqSzR1UmgxVGhCYS0yNDZ1RFZpTmdkcnZzemU2RU1WQXlxcTk3WjRzbklTZEMzRjB3MHlVZHBTSHZtX3NkdFdCenF6UXU3WUpGMFprRDRTbk5VS2VpSnRZYjdpQ0xHbWw3bUNQdHpUYTlieGJlTDZZQ2prbEJ0M18wZmVBVnJZa1NCRTBjTU8tWURvQlNYSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sky is to buy ITV&#8217;s broadcast and streaming arm for \u00a31.6 billion &#8211; but what could it mean for racing coverage?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Racing Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxNVUQ1aFQyOW9nQk9BcWN5d19ERjNUbmFIVHVQdlIyNHY3QlhlSVVFeElrN2VESmZmUTR1R1UzbTBnRVdoWER6cGJHN0pwb1MxMk92UnZPbThCUmhfbnRjMXRWRGQ0SDViOWVKeEVzdTdzZ0JmSzVFVThHbG9lZTVjOXZROU1wWE1QbGhOVHRwZ2tmX3hySk1BRlNwMmJyMkh6OW0wUUt1b2NfQld0bkxVVHozTGpMR1JnejF2UU5Bd0FFMTNPcElld3JobTVlbjU0MUZEUA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Streaming storm made ITV sharing a roof with Sky sadly inevitable<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE00VnVXVE5MOW9Wcm9XU3AzOUU5VmhJZzhtQkVxQVRIV1B2QTRWX29KcEJMQWlUQ0duVnFSYXp4NWRmQU9QQlQ4ekRPQkNYZEVCaFF6V3lLbEw4Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What Sky buying ITV could mean for your favourite shows<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ITV sells media and entertainment business to Sky in \u00a31.6bn deal&nbsp;&nbsp;The TimesITV hits such as I&#8217;m a Celebrity&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-677410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}