Just a day after a U.S. District Judge approved the upcoming merger between AT&T and Time Warner, Comcast has submitted a bid for 21st Century Fox's TV and film assets, reports CNBC.

Comcast has presented Fox with an all-cash offer at $35 per share for a total of $65 billion, which beats out Disney's stock-based $52.4 billion deal. 21st Century Fox has already moved forward on a deal with Disney, but Comcast is aiming to change the minds of Fox's board members. From the letter sent to Fox's board by Brian Roberts, Comcast CEO.

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So, we were disappointed when 21CF decided to enter into a transaction with The Walt Disney Company, even though we had offered a meaningfully higher price. We have reviewed the publicly available terms of the proposed Disney transaction, as well as the joint proxy statement/prospectus filed with the SEC describing the reasons for the 21CF Board of Directors' decision.

In light of yesterday's decision in the AT&T/Time Warner case, the limited time prior to your shareholders' meeting, and our strong continued interest, we are pleased to present a new, all-cash proposal that fully addresses the Board's stated concerns with our prior proposal.

Our new proposal offers 21CF shareholders $35.00 per share in cash and 100% of the shares of New Fox after giving effect to its proposed spinoff, providing superior and more certain value as compared to Disney's all-stock offer.

Comcast first announced its plans to make a bid on 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Television, several Fox-owned cable channels, and a stake in Hulu back in May, but the company was waiting on a final antitrust ruling in the AT&T/Time Warner merger. It was believed that if the ruling had not been in AT&T's favor, that Comcast would have backed off of its efforts to outbid Disney.

Both Disney and Comcast are interested in Fox's assets to expand their reach beyond the United States and to stock their streaming catalogs with Fox content, which includes movies like Avatar, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Deadpool, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Titanic, Miracle on 34th Street, The Shape of Water, and Gone Girl.

Top Rated Comments

ravision Avatar
95 months ago
Go AWAY Comcast! We want Disney to own Fox for the sake of superheroes.
Score: 43 Votes (Like | Disagree)
oneMadRssn Avatar
95 months ago
And yet they tell me I should feel bad about movie piracy...
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Dominicanyor Avatar
95 months ago
Wow all cash.. I see why I’m paying so much for cable and internet.. geez!!
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ethanwa79 Avatar
95 months ago
I'd take Disney stock over Comcast cash any day of the week if I was on the Board. Could be SO much more valuable even in just the short-term future.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Lord Hamsa Avatar
95 months ago
IIRC, the Disney deal also includes some $16B in debt assumption by Disney, so it's a $68B bid, higher than Comcast's $65B. (Unless Comcast is also assuming that debt, which I don't see spelled out here.)

Comcast's bid is all cash, though, as opposed to stock.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
hvfsl Avatar
95 months ago
I personally want Disney to win, but that is just because I would like to see a future Avengers movie with the x-men in it.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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