News Corporation takeover bid for BSkyB the deal, the proposal was referred to Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for culture, media and sport. Hunt initially elected not to refer to the deal to the Competition Commission, announcing on 3 March 2011 that he intended to accept a series of undertakings given by News Corporation, paving the way for the deal to be approved. The undertakings would have led to Sky News being severed from BSkyB. On 23 June it was reported that News Corp had reached an agreement with Ofcom to approve the takeover, on the basis of Sky News becoming a separate company. By
The Takeover UK has been on hiatus for over a year. As of March 2011, the band has split and members Snyder and Sickels have started a new band called 1,2,3. Solomich formed the band Junior Prom with Erik Ratensperger (formerly of The Virgins). Takeover UK appears in an episode of Jake and Amir on CollegeHumor. Singers Mark Solomich and Nic Snyder appear briefly as extras in the 2008 film "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" starring Nick Nolte, Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard. The Takeover UK The Takeover UK was an American rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Formed in mid-2004, the band released its