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Dowden: Channel 4 remaining public would be ‘act of self harm’
Culture secretary to lay out reasoning behind Channel 4 privatisation in speech to RTS Cambridge Convention
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EY: Channel 4 privatisation could lead to 26 per cent reduction in supply chain jobs
A privatised Channel 4 could lead to a £2 billion (29 per cent) reduction in the broadcaster’s contribution through its supply chain to the...
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Privatisation will “destroy essence of Channel 4”
The channel's chief content officer, Ian Katz, suggests that a profit-driven enterprise would be a "different beast" to the innovative channel people know
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Discovery ‘mulling takeover bid for Channel 4’
Should any deal happen, it would give Discovery a large enough UK portfolio to compete for advertising with ITV
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UK government opens Channel 4 sell-off consultation
Government wants to keep Channel 4's status as a public service broadcaster
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Whittingdale: Merging ITV and Channel 4 “an interesting possibility”
Minister in charge of the consultation on the future of Channel 4 was speaking to the DCMS Committee
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Channel 4 could be privatised ‘as soon as next year’
Options are said to include an outright sale, a partial offloading of the government's stake or a mutual ownership model
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Dowden: Channel 4 could be privatised by 2024
Culture secretary tells DCMS Committee government could sell off broadcaster by end of the current parliament
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Is Channel 4 the government’s next target?
PM reportedly thinks privatising the broadcaster is a "great idea"
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UK government weighs Channel 4 privatisation
Calling UK public service broadcaster Channel 4 a 'great Conservative innovation', British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that 'private investment into Channel 4...