By Channel 4 News Updated on 01 July 2009. Calling UK public service broadcaster Channel 4 a ‘great Conservative innovation’, British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that ‘private investment into Channel 4 could help safeguard it for the future’. Plans to privatise Channel 4 have been scrapped after an intervention by Downing Street, according to a report. Doctors Channel 4 News has spoken to point to two pages in particular in the document.
We are looking at a wide range of options to help deliver this, including those proposed by Channel 4’s own leadership and those involving private investment. The government says it has made no decisions about reforming Channel 4 after an official was pictured holding papers that mention "privatisation options". Channel 4 privatisation, Freeview Play, Corbyn's press 'jokes', and Local World sale talks Proposals to privatise Channel 4 are being considered by the UK Government once again in a move that could raise more than £1billion for deficit reduction. Rail privatisation - a short history. Channel 4 doesn't cost the state anything, so I can't see any logic to privatisation, other than the government getting an extra 1bn to waste on either some useless pet project or 3.5 days of NHS funding. As the government prepares to take over the loss making east coast rail line, Channel 4 … Channel 4 is an important part of the UK broadcasting landscape, and the Government want to ensure that it has a strong and secure future. The Daily Telegraph newspaper says the state-run alternative broadcaster will likely remain in public hands but that other reforms and changes to its operation will be implemented, Boris Johnson has confirmed he is planning to sell off Channel 4, senior Tory MPs have claimed.