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Sunday 31 May 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 1:36 pm

Ball demands ITV rights issue

By: admindrupal

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Former BSkyB boss Tony Ball has told ITV shareholders that he would insist on a rights issue and financial restructuring of the struggling broadcaster if he took the role of chief executive. Investors in the company have given the proposal a mixed reaction, though many are believed to want Ball at the helm of ITV.

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