ITV into Channel 3 1: The last Hurrah?

William Phillips

The woes of ITV, looked at in detail, compared with BBC. Four of its 16 member companies have been dismissed, including the largest; others are sacking staff wholesale.

ITV into Channel 3 1: The last Hurrah?

William Phillips

Institutionally and economically, ITV is closer to a nervous breakdown than at any time in its history. Four of its sixteen member companies have been dismissed, including the largest; others are sacking staff wholesale. The programme supply chain has been disrupted by the forced employment of outside producers. Advertising has slumped worse than at any time since the mid-1970s. Recovery will be muted by the onrush of satellite TV competition and the emergence of Channel Four, and possibly Channel Five, as competitors for ad revenue.

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