Exclusive: Channel 4 may have escaped privatization, but in at least one respect it remains at the mercy of ministers.
The UK commercial broadcaster is waiting on the government to approve the hire of four new board members after a recruitment process that has dragged on for almost a year.
People close to the process hope it will be resolved soon amid pressure to inject diversity into a Channel 4 non-executive team that has been all-white since January 2022.
Ofcom, which oversees the recruitment of Channel 4 board members, engaged headhunters last October to search for four non-executive directors, but the process has been repeatedly delayed and ministers are still yet to rubber stamp preferred candidates.
The government first asked Ofcom to pause the board hires last December as the sale of Channel 4 was ditched after Rishi Sunak became the UK’s fifth prime minister in six years.
Ministers had to extend by...
The UK commercial broadcaster is waiting on the government to approve the hire of four new board members after a recruitment process that has dragged on for almost a year.
People close to the process hope it will be resolved soon amid pressure to inject diversity into a Channel 4 non-executive team that has been all-white since January 2022.
Ofcom, which oversees the recruitment of Channel 4 board members, engaged headhunters last October to search for four non-executive directors, but the process has been repeatedly delayed and ministers are still yet to rubber stamp preferred candidates.
The government first asked Ofcom to pause the board hires last December as the sale of Channel 4 was ditched after Rishi Sunak became the UK’s fifth prime minister in six years.
Ministers had to extend by...
- 9/12/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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