Channel 4 Privatisation Debate
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Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
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Channel 4 Privatisation
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con)
Like the sale of any Government asset, the sale of Channel 4 will need to meet a careful assessment process to ensure value for money for the taxpayer. Further details will be set out in the White Paper to address that. We expect a lot of interest in Channel 4 from around the world.
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (LD)
My Lords, but is not Netflix a complete red herring? How many journalists and camera crews has Netflix sent to Ukraine?
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con)
Netflix is not a news producer in the way that Channel 4 is a public service broadcaster, but it is competing with Channel 4 for all the other things which Channel 4 does, including its entertainment and other content. This debate is not about the remit of Channel 4 but about ensuring that it can continue to compete with those, such as Netflix, which produce different but, at the moment, very competitive things.