Originally Posted by
mistaTea
I am not sure that IFT necessarily want Sky...
It could be more that with Sky Broadband coming soon...that move would make Vodafone worth less as Sky would be a serious competitor. With over 1M existing subs to market to, and the range of compelling bundles they could offer both satellite and streaming... it would be bad news for Vodafone (and Spark for that matter).
So perhaps it is a case of buying Sky to turn a potential serious threat into an asset. Especially while Sky can be picked up for pennies on the intrinsic dollar.