deemed surplus to requirements

[svetlana14]

[01:14]

What is the meaning of deemed surplus to requirements in the context?

 

[emsr2d2]

Have you looked up "surplus to requirements" online?

 

[svetlana14]

Have you looked up "surplus to requirements" online?

More than actually required. He did even more than ITV is expected to report, tell and comment? He went beyond the limits.

 

[Tdol]

It means that ITV no longer need him on the payroll- he is being dropped by the channel as they aren't going to commission further series of a show he did for them. It's a way of saying he is being fired in this context.