Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36118135)

Do people still watch Channel 4?

What's it like? . . in case I'm missing something of interest.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36118133)

According to today’s Telegraph online, a government announcement is expected shortly confirming that Channel 4 is to be put up for salenext year. Ostensibly, this is to give access to increased financial resources to fund more independent commissions.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36118173)

Love to see the Business Case ostensibly behind this proposed sell-off.

In order to arrive at a conclusion, normally people would have had to see evidence, weigh arguments, consider pro & cons and decide on best path forward - normally documented and scored against an agreed requirements list; I wonder if this will be available to MPs when they have a vote on this?

It’s stated that by Nadine Dorries that



So we’re going to move from a company that costs the viewers and the taxpayers nothing, and that has in it’s remit to purchase locally produced programmes, to a company that will compete with Netflix which costs just under £16 per month, had £18 billion of debt, and makes most of its programmes in the USA?

It would be interesting to see the evidence behind the statement "government ownership is holding Channel 4 back", considering the Government has no input in how C4 is run (they appoint the Board, but don’t have day to day oversight - or is she implying that the Government appointees are holding C4 back?).

I wonder if that is based in fact as much as one of Dorries recent statements, which was that C4 was in receipt of public money*?

*spoiler alert - it isn’t…

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36118173)

Love to see the Business Case ostensibly behind this proposed sell-off.

In order to arrive at a conclusion, normally people would have had to see evidence, weigh arguments, consider pro & cons and decide on best path forward - normally documented and scored against an agreed requirements list; I wonder if this will be available to MPs when they have a vote on this?

It’s stated that by Nadine Dorries that



So we’re going to move from a company that costs the viewers and the taxpayers nothing, and that has in it’s remit to purchase locally produced programmes, to a company that will compete with Netflix which costs just under £16 per month, had £18 billion of debt, and makes most of its programmes in the USA?

It would be interesting to see the evidence behind the statement "government ownership is holding Channel 4 back", considering the Government has no input in how C4 is run (they appoint the Board, but don’t have day to day oversight - or is she implying that the Government appointees are holding C4 back?).

I wonder if that is based in fact as much as one of Dorries recent statements, which was that C4 was in receipt of public money*?

*spoiler alert - it isn’t…

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36118175)

Without too many restrictions being imposed by government, this channel could be transformed with the increased cash that it would be able to raise by not being in public ownership. Only then, in the right ownership, could we be free of these mundane cookery, home makeover, house selling shows and the rest.

Before you jump to conclusions about the value of Channel 4, it might be worthwhile to look at the schedules for the week and work out exactly how many of the programmes on the channel you are actually watching. You might be surprised. Unpleasantly, I would wager.