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Investigation opens into £14m grant to Channel 4
From Media Guardian. Posted April 2 2008, 1.50pm
The European Commission has opened an investigation into a planned £14m government grant to help Channel 4 complete the switch to digital television. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

EU opens investigation of UK aid to Channel 4
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 2 2008, 11.50am
The European Commission has today opened an investigation of British government financing of the capital costs for Channel 4 to switch to digital broadcasting. British authorities told the European Union’s executive arm in October 2007 that they planned to grant £14 million ($27.65 million) of aid to help Channel 4 switch to digital. But the Commission said [...] (more)