Viewers say Channel 4’s Bake Off is best, head of broadcaster tells MPs
CEO David Abraham says new version of BBC show has exceeded financial goals and rejects claims the presenters are ‘old hat’
July 2017
Channel 4 chief David Abraham receives record pay package
Broadcaster defends award and looks to forthcoming shows such as The Great British Bake Off to recover audience share
March 2017
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham to stand down
Broadcaster accidentally reveals boss’s resignation after seven years in tweet
December 2016
Channel 4 boss attacks government interference after board veto
David Abraham criticises decision to reject only minority candidate and failure to clarify broadcaster’s future
June 2016
Greenslade
Maggie Brown to write up-to-date Channel 4 history
Book will explore how the broadcaster has fared since dropping Big Brother
May 2016
Channel 4’s David Abraham: why wreck a winning formula with privatisation?
David Abraham
Public service broadcaster has a remit that works and it could not be matched if it is forced to please shareholders
March 2016
Partial Channel 4 sell-off 'would leave it with Two Weddings and Half a Funeral'
Channel 4 chief hits out at critics calling for privatisation
December 2015
Channel 4 News in current form 'unlikely to survive privatisation'
Outgoing chair Terry Burns adds that sell-off wouldn’t be particularly attractive to government and uncertainty over channel’s future has been ‘disruptive’
November 2015
Channel 4 sale would jeopardise news output, says chief executive
David Abraham says broadcaster likely to be bought by asset-stripping owner, putting programmes such as Dispatches, Humans and Indian Summers at risk
October 2015
Privatised Channel 4 would need profits of £200m a year, says chief executive
David Abraham says TV schedule would need to be packed with entertainment shows to be commercially viable
June 2015
Jon Snow defends high pay for Channel 4's top executives
News presenter says broadcaster’s public service status is vital if it is to continue covering stories such as those recognised in the One World Media Awards
Channel 4 chief takes home £855,000 as audience share hits 31-year low
Broadcaster defends maximum bonuses for David Abraham and other top executives, claiming it has achieved ‘creative excellence and commercial stability’
Tory government brings uncertainty for Channel 4
As the broadcaster prepares upbeat results, political change means its future ownership is back on the agenda
December 2014
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Who are the most powerful people in the UK’s media right now?
September 2014
Culture secretary says US takeover of UK producers ‘no bad thing’
RTS London conference: Sajid Javid calls investments in British production houses ‘massive vote of confidence’ in UK creative economy. By John Plunkett
August 2014
Media blog
It seems to be Groundhog Day for public service broadcasters
Jane Martinson
Media Monkey
Monkey at Edinburgh: Keith Lemon naked, Peter Fincham’s man cave
US media firms hit back at Channel 4 chief’s McTaggart warning
