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20 SEP 2022
Free TV
Channel 4 sale to be “re-examined” by UK’s new minister
Michelle Donelan, the new Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom, said she was “re-examining the case” for selling Channel 4.
2 MAY 2022
Deals
UK ministers will formally start the process of privatizing Channel 4 this week
Despite strong opposition from the British media industry and the company's own authorities, UK ministers will formally start the process of privatizing Channel 4 on Thursday.
28 APR 2022
Deals
UK's Ofcom to regulate streaming companies
The UK government announced that the big streaming companies will be regulated by Ofcom in the same way that big broadcasters are.
4 FEB 2022
Production
UK spent a record £5.64 billion on film and high-end TV production in 2021
The combined spend by film and high-end television production during 2021 reached £5.64 billion, the highest ever reported, and £1.27 billion higher than for the pre-pandemic year 2019, BFI revealed.
20 JAN 2022
Free TV
BBC claims that the fee freeze would change its content output
The BBC’s Director-General, Tim Davie, has warned that the freeze to the television license fee recently announced by UK’s Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries would mean a substantial change to the corporation’s output.