‘The UK needs some media free of US control’: Comcast’s move for ITV starts to focus minds

Filming at ITV’s Good Morning Britain TV show. The potential takeover of ITV’s broadcasting arm and streaming service would end 70 years of independence. Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock

The prospect of Comcast taking over ITV has prompted concerns about the impact on British public service broadcasting, a fact that Channel 4’s new chief executive, moving from a senior post at Sky, will be all too well aware.

Sky’s advertising chief, Priya Dogra, will now be expected to lead the charge to block her former employer’s takeover plan to protect Channel 4.