Channel Four Television Corporation

Channel Four Television Corporation
	Logo used since 2019
	Channel 4 headquarters, 124 Horseferry Road, London
Formerly	Channel Four Television Company Limited (1982–1993)
Company type	Statutory corporation
Industry	Mass media
Founded	2 November 1982
Headquarters	124 Horseferry Road, London, United Kingdom
Area served	United Kingdom; Isle of Man; Guernsey; Jersey; Ireland
Key people	Ian Cheshire; (Chairman); Alex Mahon; (Chief Executive)
Revenue	£934 million (2020); £985 million (2019);
Operating income	£74 million (2020); −£26 million (2019);
Net income	£69 million (2020); −£25 million (2019);
Total assets	£943 million (2020); £805 million (2019);
Total equity	£452 million (2020); £385 million (2019);
Owner	UK Government Investments
Number of employees	992 (2020)
Parent	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Website	channel4.com/corporate
	Footnotes / references;

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. One of them, 4Music was 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.

[1] "Channel 4". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[annrep2020-2] "Channel Four Television Corporation Report and Financial Statements 2020" (PDF). Channel Four Television Corporation. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

[3] "Privatising Channel 4: What could new ownership mean and who might buy it?". BBC News. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[4] "Frequently Asked Questions | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[5] "Annual Report 1990" (PDF). Channel 4. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

[6] "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.

[tbsseefour-7] 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.

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