Naman Ramachandran Channel 4 chief content officer Ian Katz believes that the impending privatization of the organization will destroy the essence of the U.K.
broadcaster. In a conversation with Variety international editor Manori Ravindran at the ongoing Edinburgh TV Festival on Tuesday, Katz talked up the successful programming strategy of Channel 4, including “It’s A Sin” and the upcoming disability themed “Help” and said that a purely profit driven channel would be a very “different beast” to the “special” channel that people know now.
A possible solution to retain the channel’s public service remit would be to write license requirements that would keep everything that is valued about it.
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