Straight out of the Putin/Orban playbook.
Shameless Tory Scum.
As if it needs to be sold to raise money anyway. £1 Billion valuation mooted in 2016, the last time they tried to flog it off. So most likely worth less than Chelsea football club, but worth far more in cultural impact on the country.
That kind of figure is fuckall in the grand scheme for funding anything, The government has no problem borrowing from the Bank it wholly owns.
All because of Channel 4 News challenges them and attempts to bring the government to account.
Which is daft because Channel 4 News is an ITN production. If Channel 4 News is cut back there will only be demand for similar programming on other channels.
Unreported world, weekly programme on Fridays covering stories from around the world that aren't widely reported is also an ITN production.
It’s just fucking daft that they have come out with this line about Channel 4 not being able to complete with Netflix and Amazon Prime.
All4 (formerly 4OD) is completely free to view, no TV licence required. Usually have complete box sets of their own original series, and stuff they buy in from America and have the Terrestrial rights for e. g. Big Bang or Frasier. I know these are old shows now, but saves you from buying a physical/digital box set or a netflix subscription if you want to watch them all and are prepared to put up with ads.
They also have a deal with Britbox where original tv series and film4 productions are listed there, and they generate additional revenue from Netflix by selling their original content to them.