>The UK is special in that the biggest broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4) are all publicly owned. No, no, no. Only the BBC is 'publicly owned' (e: ok and chann

>The UK is special in that the biggest broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4) are all publicly owned. No, no, no. Only the BBC is 'publicly owned' (e: ok and channel 4 is although commercial- the point was definitely not ITV). They do have some regulatory requirements, though.