Cable explains BSkyB intervention thinking

Vince Cable

Business Secretary Vince Cable has told the Leveson Inquiry he believed there was less case for intervention in Northern and Shell’s acquisition of Channel 5 than News Corp’s proposed takeover of BSkyB because of the difference in news provision and market share.

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