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- Channel 4 is a self-sustaining social enterprise, raising commercial revenues from the market and reinvesting surpluses back into British public service content from UK independent producers.
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Channel 4 is a self-sustaining social enterprise, raising commercial revenues from the market and reinvesting surpluses back into British public service content from UK independent producers.
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Channel 4 has the youngest-profiling BVOD service in the UK,...
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- Relaxing The Publisher-Broadcaster Restriction
- Increased Investment in Skills and New Roles
- Greater Access to Capital
- Long-Term Sustainability
Under current legislation Channel 4 is more limited than other public service broadcasters in its ability to make and own its own content. It operates as a publisher-broadcaster, meaning that all its shows are commissioned or acquired from third parties - such as independent producers or other broadcasters - who typically retain the rights to those...
Channel 4 has agreed to enhance its support for the independent TV production sector and regional roles and skills. It will increase its annual investment in 4Skills - its paid training and placement programme for young people - from £5 million to £10 million by 2025. It will double its number of roles outside London from its original target of 300...
To enable Channel 4 to make investments that could put it on a more sustainable footing, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will make it easier and simpler for Channel 4 to draw down on its £75 million credit facility. In the event it pursues more ambitious investment opportunities to promote the corporation’s long term sus...
A new statutory duty for the corporation’s board will be created through the Media Bill. The obligation on the corporation’s leadership to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of Channel 4 will be enshrined in law, alongside their existing duties to ensure the broadcaster delivers valuable public service programming. Delivery of this duty ...
Jul 18, 2022 · The Channel 4 Television Corporation (Channel 4) began broadcasting in 1982. A self-financing public corporation, it is publicly-owned but commercially run.
Apr 28, 2022 · Channel 4 is a self-financing public corporation which is publicly owned but commercially run. Channel 4 is part of the UK’s vibrant public service broadcasting (PSB) family, and plays a...
Channel 4 is currently well placed to meet these challenges. We are financially sustainable: as an entirely self-funded broadcaster, 2021 was our strongest ever year, reaching record revenue of...
The government has announced that it wants to privatise Channel 4, which broadcasts programmes including Gogglebox, Countdown and acclaimed drama such as It's A Sin.
Jan 5, 2023 · Created in 1982 by the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher, Channel 4 is entirely funded by advertising, out of public ownership. Everything it airs is commissioned from external production companies.