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And the Financial Times reports that broadcaster Channel 4 will be steered towards privatisation by the government as soon as next year. Channel 4 is currently publicly-owned and not-for-profit – but the paper says ministers will launch a formal consultation on its future within weeks. Privatising the channel has been explored more than half a dozen times since the 1980s but consistently ruled out because of the likely impact on programming, the paper adds.