ITV extends funding partnership after £48m contribution fails to cut deficit

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ITV has boosted its pension scheme's interest in digital subsidiary SDN by £50m after failing to significantly cut the fund's £313m deficit in the last six months.

The TV company announced in its half yearly report today that the increased interest in the partnership - enabled by a rise in the value of SDN - would net the scheme an additional £3m a year. U...

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