Fox is aiming to seize control of the 61pc of Sky it does not already own and the bid comes five years after Mr Murdoch's last tilt at taking the business over through News Corporation. That bid was derailed after the company - which owns The Sun and The Times - became embroiled in the phone-hacking scandal involving News International. The deal still faces regulatory scrutiny from Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority in the UK. The EU previously gave the green light to the mooted merger in 2012.