TV
IT WASN'T the most romantic of proposals - ITV boss Charles Allen telling a House of Lords committee last week that he'd like ITV Granada to get it together with the BBC in the north west.
But his dream of a "pact" is still likely to set tongues wagging as fervently as a soap wedding.
In hindsight, Mr Allen was merely making public a courtship that has now been under way for a good few years when he addressed a committee deciding the BBC's future.
Even before the BBC had announced its movement of up to 2,000 staff from London to Manchester, ITV bosses were talking about the possibility of a media village on their Quay Street site.
And in what might now be construed as a first date, the rivals pooled their technical resources just a few years ago when they created 3sixtymedia, the BBC-Granada joint venture which provides both organisations with camera crew, lighting staff and sound technicians.
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But his dream of a "pact" is still likely to set tongues wagging as fervently as a soap wedding.
In hindsight, Mr Allen was merely making public a courtship that has now been under way for a good few years when he addressed a committee deciding the BBC's future.
Even before the BBC had announced its movement of up to 2,000 staff from London to Manchester, ITV bosses were talking about the possibility of a media village on their Quay Street site.
And in what might now be construed as a first date, the rivals pooled their technical resources just a few years ago when they created 3sixtymedia, the BBC-Granada joint venture which provides both organisations with camera crew, lighting staff and sound technicians.
Full story here.