BUSINESS VIEW: Jowell Breaks Culture of Silence to Reveal Digital Dilemmas and Catch 22s

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To understand how fundamentally Tessa Jowell has messed up her digital TV policy, you should obtain a transcript of her statement to the House of Commons on Friday. The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport said: "Carlton and Granada, the owners of ITV Digital, were assisted by a rebate on the tax levy on their analogue Channel 3 licences for every household to which they provided digital services. This rebate - the so-called digital dividend - was worth tens of millions of pounds."

We should be grateful that Ms Jowell has actually said something. The ITV Digital debacle goes to the heart of two-thirds of her bailiwick - both media and sport - yet she has …