Granada to sell HTV - IT'S OFFICIAL Posted Fri Jul 28 15:55:01 BST 2000 by Whataday

Granada is to disguard HTV when it has bought United.

Granada Media have released a map that says that Granada, LWT, Yorkshire, Tynes Tees, Anglia and Meridian are classed as Granada-owned. Central, Carlton and Westcountry are classed as Carlton owned, and HTV, Ulster, Scottish, Grampian and Channel are classed as other.

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Posted By Jase on Fri Jul 28 16:36:33 BST 2000:

Errr, so what about Border then?

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Posted By RB on Fri Jul 28 16:43:42 BST 2000:

>Errr, so what about Border then?

It depends on the arithmetic. If the new Granada Media stations have 14.5 per cent of the television market or less, they could take it. (Anyone know that figure?).
However, as far as I understand it, Granada has a deal with Capital Radio with a three-year option to buy Border. So for the time being it's officially independent, but it's really a puppet station, about as independent as Bulgaria was in the Warsaw Pact.

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Posted By Bods on Fri Jul 28 17:49:27 BST 2000:

>Errr, so what about Border then?

I went to www.border-tv.co.uk to find out. This is what it said:

"These pages contain information about our executives, transcripts of some of our programmes, information about our technical facilities, and links to our radio stations."

Fascinating, I'm sure you'll agree.




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Posted By Whataday on Fri Jul 28 17:59:23 BST 2000:

>>Errr, so what about Border then?

According to the Granada Presentation, Border is classed as part of Scottish Media Group.

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Posted By george on Sat Jul 29 00:55:50 BST 2000:

>>>It depends on the arithmetic. If the new Granada Media stations have 14.5 per cent of the television market or less, they could take it. (Anyone know that figure?).

According to the BBC Online article, the figure is 15% of total viewing auidence.

I still suspect that Border will eventually be split between Scottish and Granada, and a deal may be done with RTL for United's stake in Channel5. Carlton still look like the most likely buyer for HTV.

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Posted By c@t on Sat Jul 29 19:09:20 BST 2000:

Sky News and the Times say its 14.6% just to clear things up :)

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