community in the uk how important it is the issue around in house production at channel 4, and if that s allowed, what level of in house production is is acceptable to the government, it s crucial. 0k. and in terms of the runners and riders, talk us through, you know, who is interested in buying channel 4? i take your point that it depends on, you know, what they re getting, but who s in the running? there s lots of organisations. everyone will have a look at this. i mean, such an opportunity hasn t come about before, really, to take ownership of a channel with such a strong brand and such a strong history. so, the obvious sort of domestic players that will look will be itv and channel 5 s owner, paramount. both of those organisations will be making the case that they could be great stewards of channel 4. they ll be saying, look, we already commercial psb licence holders, we know how to play that game, and they re stuffed with execs who have worked at channel 4. so, you know, those g
and in terms of the runners and riders, talk us through, you know, who is interested in buying channel 4? i take your point that it depends on, you know, what they re getting, but who s in the running? there s lots of organisations. everyone will have a look at this. i mean, such an opportunity hasn t come about before, really, to take ownership of a channel with such a strong brand and such a strong history. so, the obvious sort of domestic players that will look will be itv and channel 5 s owner, paramount. both of those organisations will be making the case that they could be great stewards of channel 4. they ll be saying, look, we already commercial psb licence holders, we know how to play that game, and they re stuffed with execs who have worked at channel 4. so, you know, those guys were making a case. i m certain sky will have a look. i ll be amazed if the recently merged warner brothers discovery organisation, which has been increasingly.
depends on, you know, what they re getting, but who s in the running? there s lots of organisations. everyone will have a look at this. i mean, such an opportunity hasn t come about before, really, to take ownership of a channel with such a strong brand and such a strong history. so, the obvious sort of domestic players that will look will be itv and channel 5 s owner, paramount. both of those organisations will be making the case that they could be great stewards of channel 4. they ll be saying, look, we already commercial psb licence holders, we know how to play that game, and they re stuffed with execs who have worked at channel 4. so, you know, those guys were making a case. i m certain sky will have a look. i ll be amazed if the recently merged warner brothers discovery organisation, which has been increasingly. discovery for the last or five or ten years,
0k. and in terms of the runners and riders, talk us through, you know, who is interested in buying channel 4? i take your point that it depends on, you know, what they re getting, but who s in the running? there s lots of organisations. everyone will have a look at this. i mean, such an opportunity hasn t come about before, really, to take ownership of a channel with such a strong brand and such a strong history. so, the obvious sort of domestic players that will look will be itv and channel 5 s owner, paramount. both of those organisations will be making the case that they could be great stewards of channel 4. they ll be saying, look, we already commercial psb licence holders, we know how to play that game, and they re stuffed with execs who have worked at channel 4. so, you know, those guys were making a case. i m certain sky will have a look. i ll be amazed if the recently merged warner brothers discovery organisation,
i ll be amazed if the recently merged warner brothers discovery organisation, which is has been increasingly. discovery organisation, which has been increasingly. discovery for the last or five or ten years, has been really getting into free to air television. they re going to team up with bt sport in the not too distant future as well, so there s quite a powerful potential player emerging there~ i m sure lots of american studios will will take a look. probably not the streamers, though, it doesn t quite chime with a with a streamer strategy, a linear broadcaster like channel 4. i mean, i saw that had been valued anything between 500 million and 1 billion, depending on, you know, what the constraints around the broadcasting is, but, you know, you mentioned news as you said, you know, potentially it could change. it s very early days, but is any of it likely to affect what viewers actually see on channel 4? yeah, definitely. i mean, channel 4 historically has had a innate remit. its e