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cheekyangus · 20-07-2018, 09:06

BBC has a clause that means it can buy 50% of UKTV it doesn't own if the other 50% changes hands (which it is trying to get C4 or ITV to buy straight away for competition reasons). Discovery bought Scripps and triggered clause. Maybe this has had knock-on effects?

20-07-2018, 09:06	#1412
cheekyangus Be a Volunteer. Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,579	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018) BBC has a clause that means it can buy 50% of UKTV it doesn't own if the other 50% changes hands (which it is trying to get C4 or ITV to buy straight away for competition reasons). Discovery bought Scripps and triggered clause. Maybe this has had knock-on effects?