Interesting times. See also
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013...lobal-takeover
From a consumer point of view, increased competition is a two-edged thing.
If it led to more intensive bidding for rights etc., this could push up the cost of those rights. In this case the ultimate winners would be the Premier League and the fat cat US TV and film studios, and the losers us poor customers facing either higher subscriptions or even binary choices between which network carried the things we wanted to watch - Sky, Virgin, BT each not carrying everything.
Be careful what you wish for!