Another chapter in Five's turbulent history begins with Richard Desmond's acquisition of Channel Five from RTL for £103.5m being finally confirmed today after months of negotiation (and speculation from the press). This deal suits all parties very nicely; RTL gets...

Broadcast Now: Five mulls switch to pay-TV Originally being the smallest of the five 'national' terrestrial channels along with having a patchy analogue terrestrial TV coverage area even at its peak, Channel Five has always occupied a slightly awkward position...

Michael Grade to step down as ITV chief executive This move comes as a modest surprise given the fact that Michael Grade was scheduled to stay on as chief executive for another year, but if he has done everything he...

Channel Five boss claims government sees logic of merger with Channel 4 It seems that Dawn Airey and RTL have spotted a gap in the broadcasting wilderness and are desperately trying to head for it. But what are the realistic...

ITV proposes merger with Channel 4 and Five to create broadcasting giant In a way you can kind of see the business logic in this idea, namely one large commercial broadcaster that's fit to take on BSkyB and the BBC...

Merger of Channels 4 and Five still possible, says Dawn Airey The ever-hopeful and clearly optimistic Dawn Airey is still making noises about a merger between Channel 4 and Five despite current indications strongly hinting otherwise, although this scenario could...