Channel 4‘s deficit will return to being flat for 2024 following a record 2023 in which it hit £50M ($64M), Alex Mahon has revealed.
The Channel 4 annual report will reveal more in the coming months but the network’s boss told a Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing today “we are pretty much on a flat deficit [for 2024] so that’s positive,” while she said revenues will be up around 1% for full-year 2024.
Channel 4 bosses had previously forecast a small deficit for 2024. Mahon was bullish when comparing Channel 4’s recent performance with rivals.
She pointed to the BBC’s whopping £492M deficit for 2024/25, which has since been revised down, along with ITV revenues dropping 3%.
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