We said that Comcast would respond to the Disney counter offer within about a week, or it would have to admit defeat, and today the cableco threw in the towel in its pursuit of 21st Century Fox assets – with the exception of the Murdoch company’s 39% stake in UK operator Sky. At Faultline Online Reporter we are prepared to hold our hands up when a wrong call is made, having backed Comcast from the beginning, but the crucial part we called correctly was that Sky – with its direct route into European markets and established streaming infrastructure – has always been the crown jewel in this enthralling bidding war. A few months ago, Disney would have stopped at anything…