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Battle of U.K.'s Network Stars Aug 00
Standard & Poors, Aug 2000
Abstract
As U.K. media companies scramble to achieve prominence, and preferably dominance, by pumping up the number of homes they reach and pumping out more original programming, consolidation often presents the quickest path to reach this goal. Granada Media's proposed acquisition of the ITV franchises held by United News & Media (UNM) is the latest example. ITV still reigns as the most popular 'free to air' channel in Britain, although it competes with the public-service BBC and two smaller commercial channels, as well as pay TV. The pay sector includes three platforms-cable, satellite, and digital terrestrial (which transmits over the airwaves but requires a box to decode the signal). While the home front represents the first battleground for these British media...
Companies mentioned in this report are: Carlton Communications Ltd.,United Business Media
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