Nov 7 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,

acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Friday:

** British broadcaster ITV said it was in talks with

pay-TV company Sky, owned by Comcast ( CMCSA ), over a potential

sale of its media and entertainment (M&E) unit for 1.6 billion

pounds ($2.15 billion) including debt.

** Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) said it had

sold a 0.8% stake worth S$1.5 billion ($1.16 billion) in India's

Bharti Airtel, as part of the Southeast Asian telecom

company's ongoing asset restructuring strategy.

** KKR & Co ( KKR ) and Singapore Telecommunications

are in advanced talks to buy more than 80% of ST Telemedia

Global Data Centres - which would give them full ownership - for

over S$5 billion ($3.9 billion), two people with direct

knowledge of the plans said.

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Anuj T in Bengaluru)