Fox's $22 Billion Roku Acquisition Set to Clear Regulatory Review

Stock News11-04

Fox's proposed $22 billion acquisition of streaming platform Roku is expected to win antitrust approval from the U.S. Department of Justice and could move forward through a consent decree with specific conditions attached. Although the deal had previously drawn opposition from Trump allies, the Justice Department currently leans toward allowing the transaction to proceed, though the exact conditions remain undetermined and regulators could still change their position.

According to publicly available information, Fox announced the deal on June 15 of this year, proposing to acquire Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) at $160 per share, consisting of $96 in cash plus 0.9693 shares of Fox Class A common stock per share, corresponding to an enterprise value of approximately $22 billion. The original plan was to complete the deal in the first half of 2027. The combined company would integrate Fox's sports and news content along with Tubi, as well as Roku's connected TV platform, The Roku Channel, and more than 100 million global streaming households. By audience share, it would become the third-largest television media force in the United States. The Justice Department had previously issued a second request for information to both parties, expanding the scope of its review.

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