
As part of its provisional findings, CC deputy chairman and chairman of the CRR review group, Diana Guy, said: ‘The changes in the market since 2003 have not increased the bargaining strength of agencies. It is therefore our view that a remedy needs to stay in place,'
The commission will not publish a final decision on CRR until the end of the year. But it has published a notice of possible variations to the CRR regulations. These include a proposal to widen the definition of ITV1 to include any ITV+1 or ITV1 High Definition channel that ITV decides to launch.