C5 lost £13m ahead of Viacom sale

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Channel 5 lost £12.9m in its final nine months of ownership under Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell, after suffering an advertising dispute with Omnicom and the poor performance of US soap Dallas.

Failure of Dallas impacted performance

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