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I understand what youre saying about "can you always be the naughty child or do you end up "in being the troublesome uncle," which sounds slightly peculiar. or the dad on the dance floor. but what we see is that we continue to make that impact. so you might never have thought that channel four, that troublesome child, would be the the broadcaster representing all the women in their search for hrt. but this week we are and i think thats something to be really, really proud of. but then if we thin...

Significant amounts of money on lobbying in the run up to this consultation. im not spending my time lobbying, this is about all of the constituents whove got a point of view, whether it be pact, whether it be the indies, whether it be regional mayors, whether it be members of the public have all got points of view, and youll see that all come out over the next year or so. and i completely understand why, that channel 4 is 39 and a half, not long to our 40th birthday. i think no matter what happ...

The naughty child or do you end up in being the troublesome uncle," which sounds slightly peculiar. or the dad on the dance floor. but what we see is that we continue to make that impact. so you might never have thought that channel 4, that enfant terrible, would be the the broadcaster representing all the women in their search for hrt. but this week we are, and i think thats something to be really, really proud of. but then if we think of black to front day, which was on in september, a day whe...

The roe v wade case that legalised abortion nationwide. coming up at 6am, breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. but first on bbc news, the media show. hello. welcome to the media show. welcome too to the headquarters of channel 4 in central london. and were here because the government has confirmed its pushing on with its plans to privatise channel 4, despite the reservations of the broadcaster. so were going to look through all of the issues that this raises with our guest today, the c...

The status quo or sort of ensuring that we remain kind of pickled in aspic. this is about how do we evolve, but thats what weve been busy doing. we are the broadcaster who has the biggest share of digitally. we are the broadcaster has the most of our business in streaming, whether that be amount of viewing or money that we make in streaming in the commercial sector. weve been very, very busy adapting to that change, way ahead of the competition. well, you say youve been way ahead of the competit...

Is pushing up against. well, i would say two things, i think youre absolutely right to say in an age of youtube, what is there shocking left to put on television? we seem to still be finding it. but then you also have to look at the evidence. the evidence is weve got by far the youngest profile of viewers. the evidence is were the most financially successful weve ever been. the evidence is that were doing incredibly well digitally, and were ahead of our competition. 0ur young profile is like 34%...

Of the public service broadcasting landscape here. and changes to the public service broadcasting landscape cant happen without that kind of debate. and presumably you would agree with nadine dorries when she says this is 2021, now 2022, of course, not 1982, she said, "the broadcasting landscape has changed beyond recognition." thats indisputable. that is indisputable. so tell me how you plan to change this broadcast, so you dont agree with the governments plans, but presumably you do agree chan...

Could have gone further. lets start with one aspect of your plan, which is, in your words, to become a northern based broadcaster with the majority of our workforce based outside of london, 5,000 jobs created. youve been in thejob for, i think, four orfive years now. you could have announced that ages ago. well, what i announced two years ago, i think im right in saying, was that we would switch a significant amount of staff to the nations and regions. as of now, weve got 400 roles outside of lo...

Amount of viewing or money that we make in streaming in the commercial sector. weve been very, very busy adapting to that change, way ahead of the competition. well, you say youve been way ahead of the competition. there are several areas where people could argue channel 4 could have gone further. lets start with one aspect of your plan, which is, in your words, to become a northern based broadcaster with the majority of our workforce based outside of london, 5,000 jobs created. youve been in th...

The media show. hello. welcome to the media show. welcome too to the headquarters of channel 4 in central london. and were here because the government has confirmed its pushing on with its plans to privatise channel 4, despite the reservations of the broadcaster. so were going to look through all of the issues that this raises with our guest today, the ceo of channel 4, alex mahon. alex, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. this wasnt the outcome you wanted. so where did it go wrong? well, ...