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 Channel 4 headquarters, 124 Horseferry Road, London | |
| Formerly | Channel Four Television Company Limited (1982–1993) |
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| Company type | Statutory corporation |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 2 November 1982 |
| Headquarters | 124 Horseferry Road, , |
Area served | United Kingdom Isle of Man Guernsey Jersey Ireland |
Key people | Ian Cheshire (Chairman) Alex Mahon (Chief Executive) |
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| Owner | UK Government Investments |
Number of employees | 992 (2020) |
| Parent | Department for Culture, Media and Sport[1] |
| Website | channel4.com/corporate |
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Channel Four Television Corporation is a British state-owned media company which runs 12 television channels and a streaming service.[3] Unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is instead funded entirely by its own commercial activities.[4] Its original and principal activity is the British national television network Channel 4.
The company was founded in 1982 as the Channel Four Television Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the IBA, and became an independent statutory corporation in 1993.[5][6][7] November 1998 saw Channel Four expand beyond its remit of providing the 'fourth service' in a significant way, with the launch of Film4. Since then the corporation has been involved in a range of other activities, all in some way associated with the main channel, and mainly using the '4' brand. The company also owned The Box Plus Network, a music-focused company with a network of six music television channels. They were folded into the corporation in 2019.
- ^ "Channel 4". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Channel Four Television Corporation Report and Financial Statements 2020" (PDF). Channel Four Television Corporation. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Privatising Channel 4: What could new ownership mean and who might buy it?". BBC News. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Annual Report 1990" (PDF). Channel 4. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "National Assets Register of the Department of Culture Media & Sport" (PDF). pp. Page 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2007.
- ^ Russ J Graham (11 September 2005). "Yes it's no". seefour by Electromusications from Transdiffusion. Archived from the original on 24 January 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2007.