As public consultation closes, analysts say a sale would undermine UK’s ‘levelling up’ agenda
As many as 60 British TV production companies could face going out of business if Channel 4 is privatised, according to a report published as the government closes its public consultation into the potential sale of the broadcaster.
Channel 4’s unique status, established in 1982 as an editorially independent broadcaster to provide a culturally challenging alternative to BBC One, BBC Two and ITV, makes it vitally important to hundreds of independent television producers across the country.
