so where did it go wrong? well, i m not sure that it went wrong. i mean, obviously, this is the government s decision to make. what i would say is it s never quiet times at channel 4. this is not a job you would take if you wanted an easy life and a restful retirement. how often do you speak to the dcms or to nadine dorries? well, i speak to the dcms plenty, you know, i ll be speaking to them later on today. i spoke to them last week. we have a lot of interaction with them, we ve had a lot of interaction with them during the pandemic where they ve been a very supportive department in the industry. but obviously now i m speaking to them a little more than usual. is you say they ve been supportive, but they did say your recent proposals for channel 4 were based on flawed assumptions. so clearly, at some level, you re not successfully managing to make your case. i m sure you ve reflected on why. why do you think that hasn t happened? well, i think my position on privatisation is
killed ten people. it s the worst so far in the us this year. an investigation is under way to see if any clues left by the attacker were missed. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. welcome to the media show. welcome, too, to the headquarters of channel 4 in central london. and we re here because the government has confirmed it s pushing on with its plans to privatise channel 4, despite the reservations of the broadcaster. so we re going to look through all of the issues that this raises with our guest today, the ceo of channel 4, alex mahon. alex, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. this wasn t the outcome you wanted. so where did it go wrong? well, i m not sure that it went wrong. i mean, obviously, this is the government s decision to make. what i would say is it s never quiet times at channel 4. this is not a job you would take if you wanted an easy life and a restful retirement. how often do you speak to the dcms or to nadine dorries? well, i speak to the dcms
that it went wrong. i mean, obviously, this is the government s decision to make. what i would say is it s never quiet times at channel 4. this is not a job you would take if you wanted an easy life and a restful retirement. how often do you speak to the dcms or to nadine dorries? well i speak to dcms plenty, you know, i ll be speaking to them later on today. i spoke to them last week. we have a lot of interaction with them, we ve had a lot of interaction with them during the pandemic where they ve been a very supportive department in the industry. but obviously now i m speaking to them a little more than usual. you say they ve been supportive, but they did say your recent proposals for channel 4 were based on flawed assumptions. so clearly, at some level, you re not successfully managing to make your case. i m sure you ve reflected on why. why do you think that hasn t happened? well, i think my position on privatisation is very clear on the public record, but the decision ha
the roe v wade case that legalised abortion nationwide. coming up at 6am, breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. but first on bbc news, the media show. hello. welcome to the media show. welcome too to the headquarters of channel 4 in central london. and we re here because the government has confirmed it s pushing on with its plans to privatise channel 4, despite the reservations of the broadcaster. so we re going to look through all of the issues that this raises with our guest today, the ceo of channel 4, alex mahon. alex, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. this wasn t the outcome you wanted. so where did it go wrong? well, i m not sure that it went wrong. i mean, obviously, this is the government s decision to make. what i would say is it s never quiet times at channel 4. this is not a job you would take if you wanted an easy life and a restful retirement. how often do you speak to the dcms or to nadine dorries? well i speak to dcms plenty, you know, i ll be
hello. welcome to the media show. welcome too to the headquarters of channel 4 in central london. and we re here because the government has confirmed it s pushing on with its plans to privatise channel 4, despite the reservations of the broadcaster. so we re going to look through all of the issues that this raises with our guest today, the ceo of channel 4, alex mahon. alex, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. this wasn t the outcome you wanted. so where did it go wrong? well, i m not sure that it went wrong. i mean, obviously, this is the government s decision to make. what i would say is it s never quiet times at channel 4. this is not a job you would take if you wanted an easy life and a restful retirement. how often do you speak to the dcms or to nadine dorries? well i speak to dcms plenty, you know, i ll be speaking to them later on today. i spoke to them last week. we have a lot of interaction with them, we ve had a lot of interaction with them during the pandemic