[d--b]

> Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said: "Channel 4 rightly holds a cherished place in British life and I want that to remain the case. I have come to the conclusion that government ownership is holding Channel 4 back from competing against streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon. A change of ownership will give Channel 4 the tools and freedom to flourish and thrive as a public service broadcaster long into the future."

Errr, how is BBC4 going to be a public service broadcaster at all if it becomes private?

[Lio]

FYI Channel 4 is a completely separate company to the BBC and BBC4.

[timthorn]

The broadcasting licence it is issued with will contain conditions describing content it must produce. For example, it might say that it must broadcast 15h of original news per week, or commission 20% of its output as documentary programmes.