14th March 2025
How Channel 4 is “letting loose” with its marketing
Channel 4’s Chief Marketing Officer on digital transformation, working with content creators, and avoiding Dad dancing at the disco.
23rd October 2024
BBC & Channel 4: The future of the UK’s public service media
While Channel 4 has been given a new 10-year licence, serious concerns for secure funding remain, as do they for the BBC World Service.
8th February 2024
Pivot to digital amid job losses
The UK’s Channel 4 and Swedish Radio have both announced job cuts while also stressing that digital investment is its most urgent priority.
5th January 2023
Privatisation off the table for Channel 4 and EBC
The UK government is to scrap plans to privatise Channel 4, while Brazil’s new government has saved EBC from privatisation.
29th April 2022
Netflix subscription woes: what can they teach public media?
The idea of introducing Netflix-style subscriptions to finance public media is being flirted with in some countries. But would it work?
5th April 2022
Channel 4 must not be privatised
Privatising Channel 4 means UK audiences could lose something precious: an independent, self-financed, well-performing and publicly owned broadcaster.
21st February 2022
UK: Channel 4 makes history with Winter Paralympics
It's the first time a broadcaster has featured an all-disabled presenting line-up for a major sporting event, showing public media's value.
27th December 2021
Staff picks: PMA’s stories of the year
It has been a challenging year for public media worldwide – these are the staff picks for the stories that will stick with them most.
29th October 2021
Channel 4 must remain in public ownership
Read our response to the House of Lords inquiry into the future of UK public broadcaster Channel 4.
25th June 2021
What the public stand to lose if Channel 4 is privatised
The UK’s public media landscape has faced significant turbulence under the current government, but a proposal to privatise Channel 4 could cause irreversible damage.
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