Channel 4 privatisation ‘could shut up to 60 production companies’

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Channel 4 privatisation ‘could shut up to 60 production companies’
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As public consultation closes, analysts say a sale would undermine UK’s ‘levelling up’ agenda

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For the government to generate a significant return on the sale it would have to relax Channel 4’s remit, such as allowing it to make its own shows, according to a report by Ampere Analysis that says the broadcaster’s £660m annual budget for commissioning TV productions is likely to be a key cost-saving target for any new owner.

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If it shuts the one that’s just made ‘The Holden Girls’, then that’s a good thing.

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