“There are plenty of stages to go in the ownership discussion,” said Alex Mahon, the ever-optimistic chief executive of Channel 4, days before the government’s plans to privatise the broadcaster are to be announced in this week’s Queen’s speech.
On Thursday, Mahon publicly shared what she termed an “attractive, realistic and sustainable alternative” to the government’s dogged pursuit of a sale of Channel 4 that ministers hope could net £2bn.
