Five years ago this week… Comcast sealed its victory in the battle for Sky, paying $15.3 billion for the 39% stake held by Disney-owned Fox. This triggered a bunch of trigger-happy financial analysts in the US to predict that Comcast was preparing to sell its one-third shareholding in Hulu to Disney, to fund the deal. They should have read the small print, because we are now three months away from Comcast almost certainly triggering a sale as per the January 2024 deadline, as the operator uses every trick in the book to inflate Hulu’s share price – valued by Disney at $27.5 billion, but north of $30 billion by Comcast. Loop Media, the free streaming TV provider for hospitality…