Overseas broadcasters Execution is where Lygo comes in – and a peek at ITV Studios' performance in 2010 highlights the scale of the task.
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has defended the broadcaster's ratings performance following criticism that its main network has struggled to rebuild audience share after axing Big Brother.
Lord Burns said the Channel 4 board was "very pleased" with the broadcaster's creative performance in 2012, saying its Paralympics coverage had shifted people's attitudes towards disability and "exemplified much of what Channel 4 was originally established to do".
The legislation would require terrestrial broadcasters to pay performance royalty fees.
The broadcaster also cut two performances entirely, including Irish singer Ryan O'Shaughnessy, whose performance featured two male dancers portraying a gay couple.
However, the ITV director of television, Peter Fincham, defended the broadcaster's World Cup performance.
The broadcaster's third quarter performance is expected to be helped by a boost in overseas revenues for ITV Studios, thanks to sales of formats including Come Dine With Me.
Because of federal laws passed in the 1990s, online broadcasters have to pay performance royalties to labels and artists in addition to what they pay publishers.
While labels and musicians have long sought performance fees, broadcasters have argued that the stations provide important promotion for artists, and that a fee might put small stations out of business.
Representative Melvin L. Watt, a Democrat from North Carolina, said on Thursday that he planned to introduce a bill requiring broadcasters to recognize the performance rights of record companies and musicians, the latest effort in a decades-old fight by the music industry to extract greater royalties from radio.
ITV added 0.7p to 71.05p, as the broadcaster turned in a good performance over the festive period, helped by the success of Downton Abbey.
