‘The UK needs some media free of US control’: Comcast’s move for ITV starts to focus minds
With public service broadcasters starting to look like ‘endangered species’, many want Channel 4 and BBC to work more closely
The prospect of Comcast taking over ITV has prompted concerns about the impact on British public service broadcasting, a fact that Channel 4’s new chief executive, moving from a senior post at Sky, will be all too well aware.
Sky’s advertising chief, Priya Dogra, will now be expected to lead the charge to block her former employer’s takeover plan to protect Channel 4.
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