Reconsultation: Channel 4 Licence Renewal

We consulted on our proposals for the renewed Channel 4 licence in December 2023 (the ‘December consultation’). The proposals aimed to strike a balance between allowing C4C greater flexibility in the future to develop its content and distribution strategy in support of its digital transformation, while continuing to secure its investment in distinctive UK content and the delivery of the core elements of its linear output on Channel 4. Having considered responses to that consultation, we are now consulting on a revised proposal for Channel 4’s Made outside England (‘MoE’) quotas for hours and spend. 

• We are proposing to increase the requirements on Channel 4 in relation to programme production in the UK outside of England from 2030. 
• We are proposing that, from 2030, in each calendar year at least 12% of the hours of programmes made in the UK for viewing on the Channel 4 service must be produced outside England, and at least 12% of the expenditure on programmes made in the UK for viewing on the service must be allocated to the production of programmes outside England and using production centres in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. 
• We propose to require that C4C set out annually its strategy for commissioning in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland over the coming year, and how it has delivered its strategy for the previous year, to ensure transparency and accountability to its key stakeholders.