Channel Five awarded franchise
- Title
- Channel Five awarded franchise
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
- TX Date
- 28 Oct 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:00:20
- Description
- Chairman of the Independent Television Commission (ITC), Sir George Russell explains the decision to award the franchise to operate Britain’s fifth terrestrial television channel to Channel Five Broadcasting - led by the Pearson Group.
- Contributors
- George Russell
- Keywords
- Television; Broadcasting; ITC; Channel Five
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LBC/IRN, "Channel Five awarded franchise". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0009400166016 (Accessed 20 May 2025)