ALEX BRUMMER: Some of our creative crown jewels are under mortal threat from US mega-mergers - Burnham has to get a grip

ALEX BRUMMER: Britain's creative crown jewels are under mortal threat from US mega-mergers →

For a century or more, an independent broadcast media has been vital to modern democracy. But now, amid the destabilising rise of streaming giants such as Netflix, that noble ideal is under threat.