Sky Europe: 96% of BSkyB shareholders vote for the acquisitions of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia

96% of the shareholders of the British pay-TV group BSkyB voted in favor of the acquisitions of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia, the German and Italian counterparts to BSkyB, at a general meeting of shareholders on 06/10/2014. Nothing now opposes the merger of the three groups in an already nicknamed "Sky Europe" conglomerate.

BSkyB reached an agreement with the American media group 21^st Century Fox, on 25/07/2014, for the acquisition of the shares that the latter holds in Sky Italia (100%) and Sky Deutschland (57.4%). BSkyB is also partly owned (39.14%) by 21^st Century Fox. The minimum purchase amounts for BSkyB, to €6.8bn. It could reach €8.8bn if the minority shareholders of Sky Deutschland decide to sell their shares in BSkyB.

• The European Commission has cleared the BSkyB acquisitions of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia on 11/09/2014.
• "The Commission concluded that the transaction would not raise competition concerns, since the activities of the three companies are geographically complementary. (...) BSkyB's activities are mainly focused in the UK and Ireland, Sky Deutschland's…