The Channel 4 "Bidding Wars"

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Channel 4 is obliged to provide a news service and if its current agreement with ITN is soon to expire (as it almost certainly is), they are obliged to enter into discussions to recontract with them - or another suitable provider - to ensure that the required service continues without disruption. As such, any negotiations of that nature are strictly business as usual, it can't stop just because the Government is trying to make a political issue of the channel's funding and ownership.