a decision will follow in months, we think. and we know where channel 4 stands. its ceo spoke to the media show injune. we don t cost the taxpayer anything at all. we take money commercially from advertisers, we don t make a profit. we take all that money, about £1 billion of revenue a year, and we recycle it into small and medium businesses across the uk. that argument was reiterated again as channel 4 opened its new headquarters in leeds this week, but david, you disagree with it as you made clear in a statement to a house of lords committee this week. why? well, most of it s completely untrue. there s no reason why the paralympics should disappearfrom channel 4 under private ownership. why would it? it does very well in terms of audiences, it earns its keep, although, the guardian misreported. well, we can give
the media show. hello. welcome to the media show. in a moment, we re going to talk about channel 4. its new headquarters in leeds havejust opened, and the government s consultation on whether to privatise it is into the final straight. we ll hear the case for privatisation from a former channel 5 ceo, and if you re wondering whether any of this has anything to do with the telly you watch, well, we ll unpack that, too. first, though, let s talk to jack thorne who is an acclaimed screenwriter who s worked on his dark materials, shameless and skins among many others. and at this year s edinburgh tv festival, he gave the mctaggart lecture, which is one of the most high profile moments for the tv industry, and in that, jack thorne was blunt, telling the audience tv has failed disabled people utterly and totally. jack, welcome
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the media show, with ros atkins. hello. welcome to the media show. in a moment, we re going to talk about channel 4. its new headquarters in leeds havejust opened, and the government s consultation on whether to privatise it is into the final straight. we ll hear the case for privatisation from a former channel 5 ceo, and if you re wondering whether any of this has anything to do with the telly you watch, well, we ll unpack that, too. first, though, let s talk to jack thorne who is an acclaimed screenwriter who s worked on his dark materials, shameless and skins among many others. and at this year s edinburgh tv festival he gave mctaggart lecture which is one of the most high profile moments for the tv industry and in that, jack thorne was blunt,
if it s privatised. and that issue, the possible privatisation of channel 4, is coming into sharper focus. next week, the government s consultation on this closes. a decision will follow in months, we think. and we know where channel 4 stands. it ceo spoke to the media show injune. we don t cost the taxpayer anything at all. we take money commercially from advertisers, we don t make a profit. we take all that money, about £1 billion of revenue a year, and we recycle it into small and medium businesses across the uk. that argument was reiterated again as channel 4 opened its new headquarters in leeds this week, but david, you disagree with it as you made clear in a statement of the house of lords committee this week. why? well, most of it s completely untrue. there s no reason why the paralympics should disappearfrom channel 4 under private ownership. why would it?