The Government is to Sell Ch4 (Cancelled)

[arista]

Confirmed Live on Ch4HDnews tonight



[Channel 4 is to be sold by the Government
after ministers decided that privatisation was the
best way to secure its long-term future.

The broadcaster is expected to be put up for bid
from the spring of 2023 with a view to it being sold
by the general election due at latest in May 2024.]

[UserSince2005]

£5 and its my final offer.

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

[The channel is currently owned by
the Government and receives its funding
from advertising
Channel 4 Headquarters on Horseferry Road]
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[Nadine Dorries says Channel 4 will have
'freedom to flourish' and take on
Netflix and Amazon when it is sold
off in £1billion privatisation that
has 'disappointed' TV staff who may fight move

A spokesperson for Channel 4 said that it
was 'disappointed' with the decision
But added they would 'continue to engage'
with the Government on the process
This would 'ensure it continues to play
a unique part in Britain's creative ecology'
In an internal email to staff,
Channel 4 chief executive Alex Mahon
said her priority was to 'look after all
of you and the wonderful Channel 4 spirit'
Ministers think that government ownership
of C4 is 'holding it back' and that
privatising the broadcaster would
'remove its straitjacket']


['Following a consultation,
ministers have decided that,
although C4 as a business is currently performing well,
government ownership is holding it
back in the face of a rapidly changing
and competitive media landscape.

'C4 is a great business with a strong
brand built around it being creative,
innovative and distinctive but a
change of ownership will remove its straitjacket,
giving C4 the freedom to innovate
and grow so it can flourish and thrive
long into the future and support the whole
of the UK creative industries.]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10685307/Channel-4-sold-Government-1billion-election.html

[Kizzy]

Wasn't there an expose on pritti patel on dispatches?... thats prob the reason.

[Oliver_W]

I thought it already was private tbh.

[Cherie]

This is a shame, the model works well, there is no need for this sale at all

[arista]

This is a shame, the model works well, there is no need for this sale at all


The New owners
could bring back Big Brother
with a New younger team setting it up.
Keeping costing down


No Ben Frow there

[The Slim Reaper]

Any media critical of government must be silenced. The Orbanisation of the UK continues at pace. This will be sold to a person or group with tory sympathies.

The jam-maker was dangerous though...

[arista]

Any media critical of government must be silenced. The Orbanisation of the UK continues at pace. This will be sold to a person or group with tory sympathies.

The jam-maker was dangerous though...


Rubbish.


The Ch4 News is protected
within this sale.

[arista]

Clair Enders
Business Executive

Said today The £1Billion price
will get a buyer

She said Viacom, ITV ,STV and others will be interested.


She pointed out how Sky bought by Comcast in
2018 and doing well.

Ch5 was bought by Viacom in 2012
and doing well.


On SkyNewsHD Ian king Business hour.

Meanwhile
Netflix has 15 billion in Debts

[arista]

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[The Slim Reaper]

Rubbish.


The Ch4 News is protected
within this sale.

Unfortunately the Arista paradox (the more news you consume, the less you know about anything) has been proven correct once again.

[arista]

Unfortunately the Arista paradox (the more news you consume, the less you know about anything) has been proven correct once again.


Bugger Off.


Ch4 News has Protection
under this £1 billion sale of Ch4



Loads are interested in Ch4
as it has a Big reach with younger and old folks.


[ Labour, shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell
said: "Selling off Channel 4, which doesn't cost
the taxpayer a penny anyway, to what is likely
to be a foreign company]

[Liam-]

Sorry, but if you don’t think then it’s gonna he handed to either a Tory donor or a pal of someone in Boris’ circle then lol

[arista]

Sorry, but if you don’t think then it’s gonna he handed to either a Tory donor or a pal of someone in Boris’ circle then lol



[Channel 4, founded by
Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government
in 1982 to deliver programmes
for under-served audiences,
is funded by advertising but is publicly owned.]


BBC could be next.

[arista]

Alan Johnson (Former Labour MP)
on Live Ch4HD PM show
said it has to go through Parliament first.

[arista]

Also important
the £1 Billion sale money
is to go into Creative Arts & Media Training.

[arista]

ITV is now seriously looking into buying Ch4.

Reported By Phil Redman CBE
on GBnewsHD

Also reported in the FT
this week



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Redmond

[Cherie]

ITV is now seriously looking into buying Ch4.

Reported By Phil Redman CBE
on GBnewsHD

Also reported in the FT
this week



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Redmond

Don’t they have enough channels full of tut already ...

[arista]

Don’t they have enough channels full of tut already ...


Sure

But look at BBC1 and BBC2

[Kate!]

Just got invited to sign a petition against the Governments proposed privatisation of C4.

No links sorry.

[bots]

i don't think i have watched C4 in more than 10 years, so the government owned channel obviously wasnt catching my interest

[arista]

Just got invited to sign a petition against the Governments proposed privatisation of C4.

No links sorry.


It can not be stopped
unless a change of Government
before it starts

[arista]

PM Truss has paused the sale of Ch4.


[Alan Johnson (Former Labour MP)
on Live Ch4HD PM show
said it has to go through Parliament first.]

[arista]

Conservative will now not sell
Ch4.

They have said it can sell its own shows more.

The CEO lady was on Ch4HDnews
she is very wise.

The Ch4 in Leeds
will not take London Producers or team up there
they are going to use local talent.

That is better than the Pathetic BBC move up north.