ITV and Channel 4 face summer of uncertainty amidst leadership issues and potential mergers
Channel 4’s chief executive, Alex Mahon, is standing down and ITV head Carolyn McCall has been struggling for investorsWith Channel 4 facing months of stopgap interim leadership and ITV in talks over a potential merger of its programme-making operation with a rival belonging to an Abu Dhabi-backed fund, the UK’s biggest free-to-air commercial broadcasters face a destabilising and uncertain summer.Earlier this week, Alex Mahon, Channel 4’s chief executive, announced she is to stand down this summer after almost eight years in the role. Continue reading...

Channel 4’s chief executive, Alex Mahon, is standing down and ITV head Carolyn McCall has been struggling for investors
With Channel 4 facing months of stopgap interim leadership and ITV in talks over a potential merger of its programme-making operation with a rival belonging to an Abu Dhabi-backed fund, the UK’s biggest free-to-air commercial broadcasters face a destabilising and uncertain summer.
Earlier this week, Alex Mahon, Channel 4’s chief executive, announced she is to stand down this summer after almost eight years in the role. Continue reading...