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An industry expert has suggested the new channel will allow Sky to “quarantine” the Champions League games from the Premier League and other sports rights so its disappearance is “less obvious” when the rights end next May.
The investment means Liberty Global will own approximately 6.4% of the UK’s largest free-to-air commercial broadcaster, and will require no regulatory approval.
The new site has been described as a mix of the best of the Independent and its sister title the i and combines new editorial formats including quizzes, voting, user curation and interactive graphics and maps.
The current managing director of Metro UK, Steve Auckland, has been named as the new chief executive of ESI Media – owner of the London Evening Standard, Independent titles and local TV channel, London Live.
Why was the BBC able to average more than 12m viewers compared with ITV’s 2.9m during the World Cup? The answer is more complicated and far reaching than you might think, writes Raymond Snoddy.
Johnston Press’ chief commercial officer, Neil Jones, is to leave the regional publisher, with immediate effect, after just five months in the role, Newsline has learned.
Three quarters of British TV viewers are not aware that a local channel could be launching in their region this year, with a further 15% claiming to have heard of ‘local TV’ but don’t know where the channels are due to launch.
