Sky has announced that it is to buy 100 per cent of Sky Italia and 57.4 per cent of Sky Deutschland in an effort to become the biggest pay TV operator in Europe. It will acquire the stakes from 21st Century Fox, which also owns 39.1 per cent of the British ...

Palestinian youths weep while sitting by the rubble of a home destroyed by an Israeli strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 25, 2014. Early Friday, Israeli warplanes struck tens of houses throughout the Gaza Strip as international efforts ...

A relative of Lebanese national Manji Hasan holds up his mobile phone displaying a picture of Manji and his children, who the family said were all on board Air Algerie flight AH 5017, in the southern Lebanese village of Hariss. Reuters. REFILE - ADDING ...

Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson sat down with Today's Natalie Morales to talk more about shooting Fifty Shades of Grey. “I can see myself in her. I can see a lot of her in me,” said Johnson of her Anatasia Steele character. She went on to reveal that ...

Mercedes driver outpaces teammate and F1 championship leader Nico Rosberg as track temperature reaches 55C. Last updated: 25 Jul 2014 14:07. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. Hamilton is 14 points behind Rosberg in the ...

German industry has softened its opposition to economic sanctions against Russia, following the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. A business leader, who has previously repeatedly warned about the damaging economic effects of sanctions, ...

Sunni extremists from the so-called Islamic State blew up the tomb of the Prophet Jonah in Mosul on Thursday. The site is holy to both Christians and Muslims. NPR's Leila Fadel reports that video of the explosion quickly spread online, and residents of the city ...

Goals by Alejandro (Chori) Dominguez, Dimitris Diamantakos and Andreas Bouchalakis gave Olympiacos a 3-0 win over AC Milan on Thursday in the opening game of the Guinness International Champions Cup. Olympiacos was full value for the win in a ...

Over 50% of Sky TV customers are now connected, driving a threefold increase in On Demand usage. This is according to the latest twelve month report from the broadcaster, which overall charts the highest rate of customer growth for three years. Other new ...

LONDON — London-based pay TV network BSkyB has agreed to take control of its sister companies in Italy and Germany, creating a multinational European broadcaster. The deal could have a wider impact on the media industry, giving Rupert Murdoch's ...

E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy has sold over 100 million copies worldwide and has been translated in 51 languages. No wonder that even the release of the first official trailer to the much anticipated film adaptation of the first installment in the erotica ...

If authorised to go, Australian, British and Dutch teams will help secure the crash site of MH17 in eastern Ukraine. 12:37pm UK, Friday 25 July 2014. Wreckage from the nose section of a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 plane which was downed on. Wreckage ...

Investors reacted strongly to Amazon's larger than expected Q2 2014 loss of $126 million. The company also indicated that its time in the red is not over yet, and projects operating losses in the current period of as much $810 million. Amazon saw its stock tank ...

Sri Lanka were shot out for a total of 421, losing their last five wickets for a mere 36 runs. Mahela Jayawardene and Niroshan Dickwella emerged the top scorers for the Lankans with scores of 165 and 72 respectively. The hosts went into lunch with a score of ...

Lewis Hamilton set the pace ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in opening practice for the Hungarian GP on Friday morning. Hamilton, who is seeking a record-breaking fifth win at the Hungaroring this weekend, lapped the 4.381km track in a time ...

PARIS, July 25 (Reuters) - Investigators have concluded the Air Algerie flight with 116 people on board broke apart when it hit the ground, French officials said on Friday, suggesting this meant it was unlikely to have been the victim of an attack. "The aircraft ...

fifty shades of grey debuted On Thursday, July 24th, the first official 'Fifty Shades of Grey' trailer was released through 'Today'. The trailer was absolutely hot for a daytime television. Its host Savannah Guthrie confessed that only part of it will be aired by NBC.

Gaza has descended again into a tragic spiral of violence. Following Israel's decision to send in ground troops, civilian casualties in Gaza are mounting by the hour. Missiles continue to be launched indiscriminately towards Israeli towns, though the Iron Dome ...

Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric said signing James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos will boost the European champions. Modric put in the corner from which Sergio Ramos scored to send Real's UEFA Champions League final with Atletico Madrid to extra-time ...

ASPEN Colorado (Reuters) - Russia's military is likely a reluctant participant in Ukraine's conflict, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday, adding that although he had not spoken to his Moscow counterpart in about two months he was keeping an open ...