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Re:NBCOlympics’ Opening Ceremony Tape Delay: Stupid, Stupid,... by polshaw on Friday July 27, 2012 @08:34PM (#4304226)
>The UK is special in that the biggest broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4) are all publicly owned.

No, no, no. Only the BBC is 'publicly owned' (e: ok and channel 4 is although commercial- the point was definitely not ITV). They do have some regulatory requirements, though.

Re:NBCOlympics’ Opening Ceremony Tape Delay: Stupid, Stupid,... by handelaar on Friday July 27, 2012 @08:54PM (#4304281)
Do tell us who you think owns Channel 4.