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Antitrust Investigation In UK TV Drama Industry Extended By At Least Six Months
The CMA investigation into BBC Studios, ITV Studios, Hat Trick, Hartswood, Sister, Red Planet, Tiger Aspect has been extended by six months.
The investigation was launched last October into BBC Studios, ITV Studios, Hartswood Films, Hat Trick Productions, Red Planet Pictures, Sister and Tiger Aspect, a collective that has produced some of the biggest British hits of past decades including Sherlock, Dracula, Derry Girls, Death in Paradise, Chernobyl and This is Going to Hurt. A Deadline report in January found that those being probed were handing over troves of WhatsApps and emails to lawyers in order to prove innocence, while sources estimated that they were racking up collective legal bills in the millions of pounds. John McVay, who runs UK producer trade body Pact, urged the CMA to be “cognisant” of the strain on his members’ coffers amid a tricky market.
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