#Sky / #Comcast will take over Britain's commercial public service broadcaster #ITV (which now falls into American hands)
They will still have their public service broadcasting obligation to make regional news until 2034 but ITV's regional programming has been heavily diluted compared even to 20-30 years ago anyway.
ITV Studios is not being sold to Sky, this remains in ownership of the original shareholders (so they will be competing with many other companies to get their programmes on ITV!)
I wonder if Comcast is gambling on the UK abandoning commercial linear public service broadcasting altogether in 2034?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04yx44xq19o
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
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