ITV Boss, Sky’s Content Chief Set Out Vision for Acquisition, Try to Calm Nerves: ‘The Competition is Ferocious’

By K.J. Yossman

K.J. Yossman

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With Comcast-owned Sky’s $2.1 billion acquisition of ITV currently winding its way through the regulatory process in the U.K., both parties are limited in how much they can say. Yet Sky’s content chief Cecile Frot-Coutaz and ITV CEO Carolyn McCall, both speaking in separate keynote speeches at the Royal Television Society convention in London, managed to say quite a lot about what the deal means for the U.K.

Read on for their comments on key aspects of the deal including content and news…

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