Digispy

According to Emily Bell in the Guardian, the History Channel (part Sky owned?) have complained to the Government about the launch of UK History as a FTA channel. (Good timing, wait until the launch date is announced, and then pounce!)

Apparently a previous Tory Secretary of State ruled that BBC Worldwide could only launch 8 UK TV channels and UK History is “one over the eight” (as is, presumably, UK Home Style? MC).

She implies that BBC Worldwide just went ahead with the plan, hoping that no one would remember the dark days before the forces of reaction were swept aside in the “Anyone but the Tories” General Election, or care.

I suppose this may mean that BBC Worldwide have to lean on Flextech to get them to agree to use UK Horizons and UK Style instead.