Channel 4’s funding model vs the BBC licence fee

Channel 4’s funding model vs the BBC licence fee

City A.M.

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Channel 4 receives no public funding despite being a publicly-owned not-for-profit corporation, with no shareholders. It is funded entirely by its own commercial activities, and most of its income comes from advertising revenue. Ch4 doesn’t make any programmes in-house and instead commissions them from UK production companies. Any profits go back into programme-making, which allows [...]

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