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The UK Takeover Panel called the auction for 22 September 2018 (Advanced Television[1], 24 Sep 2018); the Associated Press story "Comcast beats Fox in Sky auction" is stamped Sat, September 22, 2018.On 22 September 2018 Comcast won the UK takeover auction for Sky, its 17.28 pound per share offer beating 21st Century Fox's 15.67 pounds and valuing Sky at about 30.6 billion pounds.
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