what s french for partygate? it s partygate! well, there you go. we will come back to that later, no doubt. but first, let s start the show with the story of channel 4. last week, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, announced that government ownership is holding channel 4 back and put forward plans to sell the broadcaster. cue an outcry from some public figures and even some of the government s own backbenchers. with me is chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast, who s been following the story. and chris, what is the latest? well, we re moving now. the government s made its mind up, it seems. this is a decision coming from numberten, coming from dcms. they want to sell off channel 4. what we don t yet know and what hopefully will soon become clearer, is the restrictions, the remit, the licence obligations that channel 4 is going to be subject to. because until those things are cleared up, any would be bidders don t really understand exactly what it is that they are buying. and th
last week, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, announced that government ownership is holding channel 4 back and put forward plans to sell the broadcaster. cue an outcry from some public figures and even some of the government s own backbenchers. with me is chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast, who s been following the story. and chris, what is the latest? well, we re moving now. the government s made its mind up, it seems. this is a decision coming from numberten, coming from dcms. they want to sell off channel 4. what we don t yet know and what hopefully will soon become clearer, is the restrictions, the remit, the licence obligations that channel 4 is going to be subject to. because until those things are cleared up, any would be bidders don t really understand exactly what it is that they are buying. and that s going to be the interesting phase that we move into now. what is the channel 4 that s up for sale allowed to do with regards to in house production, for example?
but first, let s start the show with the story of channel 4. last week, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, announced that government ownership is holding channel 4 back and put forward plans to sell the broadcaster. cue an outcry from some public figures and even some of the government s own backbenchers. with me is chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast, who s been following the story. and chris, what is the latest? well, we re moving now. the government s made its mind up, it seems. this is a decision coming from numberten, coming from dcms. they want to sell off channel 4. what we don t yet know and what hopefully will soon become clearer, is the restrictions, the remit, the licence obligations that channel 4 is going to be subject to. because until those things are cleared up, any would be bidders don t really understand exactly what it is that they are buying. and that s going to be the interesting phase that we move into now. what is the channel 4 that s up
that later, no doubt. but first, let s start the show with the story of channel 4. last week, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, announced that government ownership is holding channel 4 back and put forward plans to sell the broadcaster. cue an outcry from some public figures and even some of the government s own backbenchers. with me is chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast, who s been following the story. and chris, what is the latest? well, we re moving now. the government s made its mind up. this is a decision coming from numberten, coming from dcms. they want to sell off channel 4. what we don t yet know and what hopefully will soon become clearer, is the restrictions, the remit, the licence obligations that channel 4 is going to be subject to. because until those things are cleared up, any would be bidders don t really understand exactly what it is that they are buying. and that s going to be the interesting phase that we move into now.
well, there you go. we will come back to that later, no doubt. but first, let s start the show with the story of channel 4. last week, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, announced that government ownership is holding channel 4 back and put forward plans to sell the broadcaster. cue an outcry from some public figures and even some of the government s own backbenchers. with me is chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast, who s been following the story. and chris, what is the latest? well, we re moving now. the government s made its mind up. this is a decision coming from numberten, coming from dcms. they want to sell off channel 4. what we don t yet know and what hopefully will soon become clearer, is the restrictions, the remit, the licence obligations that channel 4 is going to be subject to. because until those things are cleared up, any would be bidders don t really understand exactly what it is that they are buying. and that s going to be the interesting phase that we move int