Channel 4: who’s in the running to buy the British broadcaster? Sky, ITV, Discovery and Paramount may be interested if the terms are right – and none of them would want it in the hands of any other Sajid Javid says sale of Channel 4 will set it ‘free’Channel 4 is to be privatised. Flogging Channel 4 won’t bring about the longed-for British reply to NetflixProspective buyers will see a clear tension between public service obligations and making profits Government would not allow Channel 4 to be sold to 'hostile countries' like Russia or China, ex-culture secretary saysThe publicly-owned TV channel is to be sold to a private company because it cannot compete with streaming giants. Only Channel 4 would have commissioned my consumer rights show, says Joe LycettThe programme is not something a commercial broadcaster would have approached, Lycett told a committee hearing. James Graham: privatising Channel 4 is the solution to a problem that doesn't existThe channel costs the taxpayer nothing, roughly breaks even, and operates the largest free-to-view streaming service in the UK. The government just doesn’t like it. We, the public, own Channel 4. And this sell-off isn’t a done deal | Armando IannucciWhy is the government intent on ruining our world-leading TV industry, asks Royal Television Society vice-president Armando Iannucci All your questions answered as Tories announce plans to privatise Channel 4Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said the Government planned to privatise Channel 4 - but so far, 40,000 people have signed a petition calling for the sale to be halted