Channel 4: Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan confirms U-turn on privatisation

The authorities has confirmed it volition not spell up with a arguable program to privatise Channel 4.

Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries had said authorities ownership was "holding Channel 4 back".

But her successor Michelle Donelan has present said the broadcaster "should not beryllium sold", alternatively proposing different reforms due to the fact that "change is necessary".

Channel 4 welcomed the news, saying the determination "allows america to beryllium adjacent much of a powerfulness successful the integer world".

The program to merchantability the broadcaster for a imaginable £1.5bn had faced absorption from Channel 4 executives and overmuch of the TV industry.

Ms Donelan said she had reached her determination "after reviewing the concern lawsuit and engaging with the applicable sectors".

Her alternate reforms see allowing the broadcaster to marque and ain the rights to immoderate of its ain programmes - which are presently made by autarkic accumulation companies - and moving much jobs extracurricular London.

"This announcement volition bring immense opportunities crossed the UK with Channel 4's committedness to treble their skills concern to £10m and treble the fig of jobs extracurricular of London," Ms Donelan said.

"The bundle volition besides safeguard the aboriginal of our satellite starring autarkic accumulation sector. We volition enactment intimately with them to adhd caller protections specified arsenic expanding the magnitude of contented C4C [Channel 4 Corporation] indispensable committee from autarkic producers."