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Article: Promise of ITV Digital Dream Stalled over Contract Dispute, Lawsuit.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- March 31, 2002
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Mar. 31--Launched in a blaze of glory by glamorous presenter Ulrika Jonsson, ITV Digital promised an armchair revolution.
No longer would viewers have to put up with ugly satellite dishes. No longer would their front lawns have to be dug up by cable companies to receive multi-channel television.
All they would need was their existing aerials and a simple plug-in box on top of the TV.
But now the ITV Digital dream is over, and at the center of its downfall is Keith Harris.
He may be one of football's most experienced deal-makers, but Harris's bluff was called spectacularly when ITV Digital was put into administration last week.
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