BSkyB to pay $8 billion to create Sky Europe
July 25, 2014 at 02:11 AM EDT
LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - Britain's BSkyB has agreed to pay around 4.9 billion pounds ($8.3 billion) to buy Rupert Murdoch's pay-TV assets in Germany and Italy, responding to the slowing growth at home with a deal to create a European powerhouse.