David Abraham believes there is a danger of UK channels ‘sleepwalking … into a different country’ and says there is no indication C4 will be privatisedChannel 4 chief executive David Abraham has told the TV industry to “wake up to the consequences” of commercial broadcasters such as ITV and Channel 4 falling into American hands,warning that it would be sleepwalking … into a different country”.
Abraham said there was an “omertà approximately being really honest approximately how different we are to the cultures of American corporations” and quoted a fellow delegate at the Royal Television Society convention in Cambridge who compared Philippe Dauman, chief executive of MTV and Channel 5 owner Viacom, or to a cheese salesman.
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Source: theguardian.com