Returning the key factor for Channel 5
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Very similar levels of investment would be made by all four bidders for the Channel 5 licence - Virgin TV, Channel 5, New Century TV and UKTV - in developing schedules and making them operational. The bids only differ in the way in which the overall spending would be divided between licence fee, programming and retuning VCRs and television sets to allow viewers to receive the new signal. The Independent Television Commission will face a hard task in choosing the company which will receive the licence.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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UKTV fights whisperers in struggle for channel 5
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UKTV, the leading bidder for the Channel 5 licence, has been the subject of strong efforts to destroy its image, according to David Asper, who is heading the consortium's bid for the licence. He has avoided publicity until recently, but has now realised that it is important to defend UKTV if it is to have a chance of winning the licence. He strongly rejects criticism of the consortium's programming plans, and also defends the co-production approach.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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A sharper picture on C5
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One of the three bids currently being submitted to the Independent Television Commission (ITC) will form the basis for the UK's fifth terrestrial channel, which is likely to be the last non-subscription channel made available in the UK. All bidders have promised to invest large sums in independent British production, with the focus being on film. It is also thought that all three proposals include talk show formats.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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