ITV to say has a few concerns about BSkyB bid

Proposed NewsCorp bid was last week referred to OFCOM.

Sources said that ITV this week of preparation of the replies to the European Commission and OFCOM on proposed offer to buy the 61pc BSkyB NewsCorp, lacks déjà.Une presentation will be in Brussels at the end of this week, OFCOM next week, in which the broadcaster say apparently had a few concerns.


The commercial broadcaster has up to now is remained silent on his point of view of the bid and has not signed the recent handsets
Letter to Vince Cable, the Secretary of the company of a group of owners of media including the BBC, Channel 4 and Telegraph Media Group, asking him to block plans for fear that the agreement represents a threat to competition and media pluralism.


Proposed offer was last week referred to OFCOM and the media regulator will have until 31 December to decide whether to recommend that a reference to the Competition Commission.


"Taking into account the time limited for the initial survey and report on the effect on the consideration of public interest media Ofcom, we are also interested in views of third parties on the potential remedies or mitigation in matters of public interest," OFCOM said last week.


OFCOM has added in its plurality of the media test it examine how individuals control have on the media.


The regulator has said that it would examine the changes in the media landscape and watch "how the future market developments may affect consumer media consumption" when because of the magnitude of the agreement of. 5bn $12, the European Commission has been obliged to launch an investigation for competition reasons.


It is not known whether ITV will make its public presentations.


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