{"id":682120,"date":"2026-07-09T10:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/682120\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:39:07","slug":"author-of-book-on-history-of-utv-optimistic-about-broadcasters-future-after-sky-takeover-belfast-telegraph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/682120\/","title":{"rendered":"Author of book on history of UTV \u2018optimistic\u2019 about broadcaster\u2019s future after Sky takeover &#8211; Belfast Telegraph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxQX1U0TUt0NWgyWkxxUzFFczdOUjJ3azU0SHVPNE1HUnJQdVZHeHBqM3lVdFpIUFNGR0taalRXbHZFSlZkM1JBVllBRE5zWWFwWHpBclFldFBVN3NiX1FOV0RXRFlTVElPX0JrUGpsMFpDRHNIX1dzMmEtYVZZa0lHdlNvMTZnX3JKLWFTNmhqUGFMY1lFUWN5RXF5ZFd0NFBhSXlBWGE2SVJQMEg2RmFjVHZTR2toNEpKTW91Y040alNBWXV3RlZrU1RpSkRybTFDRmRzMDR4Q2dQbXJYQW93RWZfMmNLZk9UaFV2TjVjNEMxOHQwUTNZT0pR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Author of book on history of UTV \u2018optimistic\u2019 about broadcaster\u2019s future after Sky takeover<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Belfast Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5paVl5Y0lXVGJ2bkkxaGZWTFE0aXNwNF9BOTVHQ3puRXNaTzV6NU5NNG5Wc2RYMXlOc2s2Vnl4RjRqR2E2SlJPN2FyOFJ2VE8teF9nVUxmNW85WW9N?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ITV hits such as I&#8217;m a Celebrity to stay free to watch after Sky takeover<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPN0VqemtPcTF3Um5MZUZoSW9fYmZjYzB2TTVVVEpxTXlSclhPN0VoTmhYSHN1QnNFYlZ3aVFtY2hheXZDTVljaW84QjM0N1RwV2tzZXlnN0RUN1ZZZEdjTFQ2c0g4TTZyaDZrMTRsb2lXVXJZQ3RuUDJHc01UZ0RWQ216SGwyNldtRmNydXgyeDRUMlhQa0R2SEcwRTNTb1FQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;One of the biggest shake-ups in UK TV&#8217;: the potential impact of Sky-ITV<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Campaign<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNVnRYYzM1c0szZnBpWUU5WktwREk3NlFRZWZaVHVvZzRrT2M3ZTdmYnYybmU1N25YRk1mOTV0UnkwVHJQQUJTXzBwQ1o4b2lERTcwV2tFREozOXpSZWdpaG5JVmJfWTN6WVBMVmRmTTVJVy1KbGhGT0MySUpIRzZ0ZTZIN1RoZFJIWnJiSHVQdmo4STJleHBwa0puaGxQRTZ2MUhwZUp1UDlRcVNfYmlHUWVR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Get-Big-or-Die Era of European TV Has Arrived<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hollywood Reporter<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPZTRUcHF5NTNfSk54TjEwbThObmZUNGM4ZXhLMi0xd1QyNXdzTENIeEprdWxHWmxkRlBrZHZ2bVI5ZHIwSUlwVVUwNnA3NmxMc0o3RG9yUmtFT0RwemRfX0dvMldEZFFmMDRnNkFFbjR4eHlHOXd6MHBKVVFSZGtZdkV3TmJhVVlzN0prWGJFWG1jWkN6V29zUHhzR09fVmNGZVV2V2lwR1hsdVk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">So, what does Sky&#8217;s \u00a31.6bn deal with ITV mean for viewers? For now, not much<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author of book on history of UTV \u2018optimistic\u2019 about broadcaster\u2019s future after Sky takeover&nbsp;&nbsp;Belfast TelegraphITV hits such as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-682120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}