ITC: Would the regions still exist?

SA

saturdaymorning 25 July 2005 2:03pm

If the ITC were still about,would they have let ITV1 get rid of the regions?

LO

lobster 25 July 2005 2:15pm

the regions do still exist. just the 30 second clip which says 'ANGLIA', 'CENTRAL' etc etc now says ITV1.

:-(

A former member 25 July 2005 5:19pm

The ITC oversaw the groundwork for a "single" ITV in the 90s. It would have made no difference if OFCOM had come into being or not.

Now the IBA on the other hand, I'm not so sure about. I think they might have had a somewhat heavier hand.

NJ

Neil Jones Founding member 25 July 2005 9:46pm

jason posted:

The ITC oversaw the groundwork for a "single" ITV in the 90s. It would have made no difference if OFCOM had come into being or not.

Now the IBA on the other hand, I'm not so sure about. I think they might have had a somewhat heavier hand.

I think not - I reckon even the IBA would have had to make some concessions by this point, although most likely not on the scale we've seen thus far under the ITC/OFCOM.

SA

saturdaymorning 26 July 2005 9:40am

Well the thing with the ITC was,they were there when the 1993 franchise round happened.I'm not sure how they contributed to the 2002 murder,but i think Ofcom have done a lot worse than the ITC.

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Would the regions still exist? (July 2005)