ITV Considers Takeover Bid for Channel 4, Sunday Times Reports

ITV Plc is considering a bid for Channel 4 Television Corp. after the U.K. government started a review earlier this year about the future ownership of the state-owned broadcaster, The Sunday Times reported.

ITV appointed advisers from Credit Suisse and Robey Warshaw LLP to advise it on potential options, according to the Oct. 23 report, which didn’t specify where it got the information from. Michael Grade, chairman of Miroma Ventures and a former chief executive officer of Channel 4, is also considering a bid in consultation with bankers from Rothschild & Co., the newspaper said.

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