of channel 4 news. is it sometimes a thorn in their side? yes, it is. but i do think they recognise it and i think ourjob is to make sure the journalism speaks for itself. that we continue to break exclusives and change the world, and i think we even look to see if we can enhance the remit in a future arrangement. i think there are models out there that point to how you can protect news. i was at comcast when comcast acquired sky, and comcast have signed up to a ten year guarantee of sky news s budget, with rpi, and an independent editorial board which protects sky s news editorial independence. and i think there are models there, if we re serious about it, so we re going to be obviously putting some of that into our submission for dcms consultation. so, how are you able, for instance, to deal with what the telegraph reported last month to be itn s £16a.6 million pension deficit? how do you deal with that? well, it s no secret that itn has a pension deficit, and in fact, the telegraph
signed up to a ten year guarantee of sky news s budget, with rpi, and an independent editorial board which protects sky s news editorial independence. and i think there are models there, if we re serious about it, so we re going to be obviously putting some of that into our submission for dcms consultation. so, how are you able, for instance, to deal with what the telegraph reported last month to be itn s £16a.6 million pension deficit? how do you deal with that? well, it s no secret that itn has a pension deficit, and in fact, the telegraph correspondent asked me about that and sort of just said, does it trouble me that ultimately, you know, profit that we will generate will mostly go into sort of filling the pension deficit.