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The City roundup video: Media and telecoms landscape will be entirely different in 2015

Video: Jamie Dunkley provides a run-down of the day's major news from the City

Jame Dunkley
Thursday 04 December 2014 14:47 GMT
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Don't miss out on the goings on in the business world, with our daily round-up of the biggest news from the City.

It’s been a busy few weeks for bankers and analysts covering media and telecoms, with BT holding talks with the owners of EE and 02 and Vodafone linked with a £80bn bid for Liberty Global.

Today it was the turn of Sky to take the spotlight as it added about £800 million to its coffers for Premier League rights and a potential swoop for a mobile operator by selling its Sky Bet online gaming business.

Sky maintains it already has enough firepower but it could also help fund a tilt at a mobile network after it appointed Lazard to weigh options this week

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