Alex Mahon, CEO at UK public service broadcaster Channel 4, has acknowledged that the change in leadership of the governing Conservative Party and arrival of a new Secretary of State with responsibility for the broadcast sector, may impact on the previously announced intention to privatise the service.“Where we are now is that the government are re-examining the business case,” she told delegates at the RTS London Convention 2022, during an interview with journalist and presenter Amol Rajan. “We’re in discussion with the DCMS. Quite a lot has changed in the UK since July, it’s a government decision and policy may change with a new government,” she admitted.”As to earlier suggestions that Channel 4 need to be privatised to enable it to complete with global streaming services such as Netflix, she described Netflix as “a brilliant service, but Channel 4 is here to provide public service broadcasting that is interrogative, challenging and at times specific to Britain.”
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