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Channel 4 To Merge Several Commissioning Departments & Leave London Horseferry Road Premises As It Sets Out Layoffs Plan


Channel 4 is merging several commissioning departments including TV drama and film and leaving its Horseferry Road premises as the network sets out its layoffs plan and five-year strategy. The netw…

Channel 4 is merging several commissioning departments including TV drama and film and leaving its Horseferry Road premises as the network sets out its layoffs plan and five-year strategy. Channel 4 is making the cuts – the deepest since the 2008 global financial meltdown – in response to a floundering ad market that shows little sign of improving. Speaking to Deadline recently, producers cautiously welcomed the plan as proof that the network was taking its financial strife seriously and may now return to some semblance of commissioning normality.

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