Comments on: Sky-Easynet, is more than just TV

By: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » Murdoch’s Broadband Plans

Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » Murdoch’s Broadband Plans — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 18:00:51 +0000

[...] A few weeks ago, Rupert Murdoch’s satellite TV operator BSkyB shocked everyone when the company acquired Easynet for $373 million. No one was expecting the media giant to make a move into the high speed Internet access market, even though his acquisitions of MySpace and IGN for an estimated $1.2 billion did indicate his seriousness about the Internet. Now Reuters’ is reporting that he is considering a similar move in the US. “Here (in the United States), we don’t know,” Murdoch told the newspaper. “We may be forming a company with partners to build something out here that would give you broadband.” [...]

By: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » SIPphone on Rupert Murdoch’s Radar?

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 07:52:19 +0000

[...] Rupert Murdoch had planned to spend $2 billion on Internet related acquisitions. With today’s $373 million acquisition of EasyNet, and $1.2 billion buying up properties like IGN and MySpace, he has already spent about $1.57 billion. So what’s next? Chances are that the next strike would be on a VoIP player. Informed sources say that News Corp is talking to pretty much every one in the VoIP space. [...]

By: Aswath Rao

Aswath Rao — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:38:45 +0000

But then didn’t somebody say yesterday that voice will be free after all? :-)