Government response to the Committee's report "The future of Channel 4"

This is the government's response, published 28 January 2022.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Government "notes" the Committee's findings and will "consider the report's recommendations", alongside consultation responses, before deciding on Channel 4's future; it says no decisions on ownership have been made.

• On alternatives to a change of ownership, the Government says it is "analysing a range of options, including raising C4C's borrowing limit", and "will publish a rationale supporting its decision on the future of C4C".
• On the Terms of Trade, publisher-broadcaster restriction and quotas, it is "considering" the Terms of Trade within its wider strategic review, with conclusions "set out in due course"; it is examining stakeholder evidence on the other issues.
• On prominence, it says it has "already committed to act on Ofcom's prominence proposals" and to legislate "as legislative time allows", with more detail "in due course".
• On the Indie Growth Fund, it says investment decisions are "ultimately a matter for the C4C Board and management", and on All4 viewing data it says this is "ultimately for C4C and Ofcom to lead on".

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