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A-n-D-r-E-S 07-26-2010 02:57 PM

UK broadcaster sold to porn entrepreneur
 
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Richard Desmond made his fortune with skin mags and adult pay-TV channels. But lately he?s turned legit, buying the Express Newspapers, OK! magazine and now the UK?s Channel Five television operation.

RTL Group, Europe?s largest broadcasting company, put Channel Five up for sale after failing to stem its flow of red ink. It announced Monday (7/26) that the UK network had been sold to Desmond?s Northern & Shell company for 125 million euros ($162 million).

The Guardian newspaper (not a Desmond property) noted that the controversial porn entrepreneur is likely to face a grilling by Members of Parliament on the House of Commons Culture Committee, but there are no competitive issues to preclude his acquisition. UK rules bar his from cross-promoting his other media properties on Channel Five, but the MPs reportedly want to be sure he doesn?t intend to make the network a sea of tabloid TV shows.
http://www.rbr.com/media-news/26206.html

Due 07-26-2010 03:33 PM

He turned legit??? Is being in porn not legit????

whoops 07-26-2010 04:27 PM

Dirty Des is fantastic, good luck to him.

Barefootsies 07-26-2010 06:49 PM

Good for him.

Now he can hire gideongallery and start putting porn items in their broadcasts, and Pepsi cans in the porn shoots. This is what Robbie has been waiting for. A fusion of porn and mainstream.

Now he just needs to install that VCR in his DeLorean, and he will float away on a cloud.

Paul Markham 07-27-2010 12:29 AM

Not many people these days will make the money Richard Desmond made out of soft porn. If any.

mafia_man 07-27-2010 02:00 AM

So can we expect Russ Meyer flicks to start showing on friday nights again?

Altwebdesign 07-27-2010 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by mafia_man (Post 17365808)
So can we expect Russ Meyer flicks to start showing on friday nights again?

anything will be better than the rubbish they currently play


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