The European Union has granted conditional approval for Disney to buy Twenty-First Century Fox's entertainment assets.<br />In order for the deal to go through, Disney has committed to selling off its stakes in factual channels it controls in Europe to maintain fair competition.<br />They include History, H2, Crime & Investigation and Blaze and Lifetime channels, which are currently controlled by A+ E Television Networks - a joint venture between Disney and Hearst.<br />Disney shareholders and U.S. regulators had already approved the Fox bid in June.<br />The takeover would expand Disney's unrivaled portfolio of some of the world's most popular characters, uniting Mickey Mouse and the Marvel with Fox's X-Men and The Simpsons. <br />
