Channel 4 spent nearly £30M ($40M) more than the BBC on indies outside of London last year but the number of new suppliers it worked with declined by 14%.In a letter to the UK’s Scottish Affairs Committee following a recent hearing, C4 CEO Alex Mahon quoted research from consultant Oliver & Ohlbaum showing the broadcaster spent £171M ($229m) with out-of-London suppliers in 2020, up on the BBC’s £144M ($193M) and more than double ITV’s £77M ($103M), both of which have larger programme budgets than C4.C4 pointed to “strategic interventions” such as opening offices in Leeds, Glasgow and Bristol and its Emerging Indie Fund, which supports new shows from smaller indies.The move to virtual pitching was also positioned as a “great leveller”, with
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