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Not sure if this is the right forum to post this, but couldn't see a suitable existing thread. It looks like a potential u-turn on privatising Channel 4 may be on the cards based on an interview the new culture secretary did with R4's Today programme.
Quote:Channel 4: New culture secretary 're-examining' case for privatisation
The new culture secretary has said she will "re-examine the business case" for privatising Channel 4.
Full article: Channel 4: New culture secretary 're-examining' case for privatisation - BBC News
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Hopefully this is good news.
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Like most things direction of policy is determined more by who's in the post than anything else, and then a reshuffle happens and what happens to the idea afterwards looks nothing like what was planned, if it happens at all.
Like Local TV for example. Painted as this wonderful vision of US Local TV but in the UK when it was tooted, and then the MP responsible for that vision decides to up sticks and bugger off, leaving their replacement to oversee the disaster that we now know as local TV.
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Pretty much confirmed now
"Rishi Sunak expected to shelve plans to privatise Channel 4"
www.ft.com
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Given the situation with the economy, a Privatised Channel 4 would likely struggle, and no one would buy it
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The Guardian’s Jim Waterson is reporting that the previous administration’s bizarre privatisation plans have, somewhat predictably, been quietly dropped.
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(06-12-2022, 08:19 PM)Matrix Wrote: The Guardian’s Jim Waterson is reporting that the previous administration’s bizarre privatisation plans have, somewhat predictably, been quietly dropped.
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It was widely suggested that the plans were purely a result of a long-held grudge against Channel 4 by Nadine Dorries, because they showed a reality show/documentary that made her look bad.
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Developments today… Looks like the privatisation plans have been binned, but C4 may be allowed to make some of their own programmes.
twitter.com
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Technically, C4 have made some programmes before, Right To Reply was made directly by them, as were the first 4 years of T4 (though there's an argument that falls into being continuity rather than an actual programme), though it looks like we could be getting it on a major scale.
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Full statement from Channel 4 confirming privatisation has been abandoned:
www.channel4.com
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