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UK Government Puts Channel 4 Privatization Back On The Agenda Amid Streaming Boom

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Jake Kanter International TV EditorUK media minister John Whittingdale has revealed that the government is again giving thought to selling off The Great British Bake Off broadcaster Channel 4.In unprompted comments at a virtual Conservative Party Conference event on Tuesday, Whittingdale revealed that ministers are reviewing Channel 4’s future as it comes under intense pressure from U.S.

streamers.He questioned whether the UK broadcaster’s advertising model is sustainable in the age of Netflix and raised doubts about whether it needs to remain in public hands.

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