Puttnam warns of creeping Americanisation in UK TV | Media | MediaGuardian # Puttnam warns of creeping Americanisation in UK TV # Selling off Channel 5 or ITV to a US company would lead to the creeping Americanisation of TV schedules, Lord Puttnam's influential parliamentary committee warned today as it outlined explicit reasons for opposing government plans to # Puttnam warns of creeping Americanisation in UK TV #