Priya Dogra has used her first public address as Channel 4‘s new CEO to pour cold water on the idea that the UK network should merge with the BBC to compete with YouTube and Netflix.
In a fireside chat at the Creative Cities Convention in Liverpool, the former Warner Bros. Discovery and Sky executive said combining the BBC and Channel 4 would leave the UK’s creative community and audience short-changed.
The mooted merger has been a source of industry speculation for years. The British government has fanned the flames of this conversation, tasking the UK’s Competition
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