{"id":50797,"date":"2026-10-15T15:43:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/lisa-nandy-minded-to-intervene-in-skys-1-6bn-purchase-of-itv\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T15:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:43:47","slug":"lisa-nandy-minded-to-intervene-in-skys-1-6bn-purchase-of-itv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/lisa-nandy-minded-to-intervene-in-skys-1-6bn-purchase-of-itv\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Nandy \u2018minded to intervene\u2019 in Sky\u2019s \u00a31.6bn purchase of ITV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Culture secretary\u2019s move paves way for deeper scrutiny of deal that would create UK\u2019s biggest commercial broadcaster<\/p>\n<p>The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said she is \u201cminded to intervene\u201d in Sky\u2019s \u00a31.6bn purchase of ITV, in a move that paves the way for deeper scrutiny of a deal that would create the UK\u2019s biggest commercial broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>Sky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/jul\/06\/sky-owner-announces-16bn-takeover-of-itvs-broadcasting-arm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced over the summer<\/a> that it had reached a deal to buy ITV\u2019s broadcasting and streaming arm, representing a major shift in the ownership of Britain\u2019s public service media.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/oct\/15\/lisa-nandy-culture-secretary-intervene-sky-purchase-itv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culture secretary\u2019s move paves way for deeper scrutiny of deal that would create UK\u2019s biggest commercial broadcaster The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said she is \u201cminded to intervene\u201d in Sky\u2019s \u00a31.6bn purchase of ITV, in a move that paves the way for deeper scrutiny of a deal that would create the UK\u2019s biggest commercial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-25 14:46:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}