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Posted 28 August 2006 @ 08:20 am GMT
The chairman of Channel 4 has said he is willing to contemplate a sale of the broadcaster, The Times newspaper reported on Monday.
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The report quoted Luke Johnson as saying that he was "open-minded about privatising Channel 4" and that, while there was no need for a sell-off, "as a capitalist, it would be hypocritical" to oppose what would generate more than 1 billion pounds for the public purse.
The Times said Johnson was responding to a demand made on Friday by Charles Allen, the outgoing ITV chief executive, who complained that Channel 4's commercial success was incompatible with its state ownership.
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