(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co is close to winning approval from U.S. antitrust regulators for its $71.3 billion (£54 billion) bid for the bulk of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc media assets, Bloomberg reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-20/disney-is-said-to-near-u-s-approval-on-fox-in-blow-to-comcast on Wednesday.

The Justice Department is set to approve the deal in as soon as two weeks, according to the report, which cited a person familiar with the matter.

Disney earlier in the day raised its offer and added a cash portion as it sought to top a $65 billion bid from Comcast Corp.

A Disney spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Bloomberg report.

(Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)