MEDIA watchdog Ofcom is being taken to court over its ruling that Sky would be “fit and proper” to hold a broadcasting licence after being bought out by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox.

Activist group Avaaz has won the right to a judicial review of the decision, accusing the communications regulator of failing to investigate Fox News content or take account of alleged corporate governance failures in the Murdoch media empire.

Avaaz chief executive Ricken Patel said Ofcom’s conclusions had put its “licensing standards in the gutter.”