Enter Brian Roberts, 59, the American billionaire boss of Comcast, who lost out to Disney in the battle for Fox, but then – partly inspired by a chat with a London cabbie who gave him chapter and verse on the rival services of Sky and Virgin Media – decided to launch a counterbid for Sky, eventually reaching £26 billion for the entire company.
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NICK CRAVEN and BEN HARRINGTON
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Sky falls in on Murdoch: Billionaire loses 'richest poker game in history' after his firm Fox is outbid by Comcast in £30bn auction for British broadcaster he set up 28 years ago