I-United Kingdom isungula ukuthengiswa kweChannel 4 ukujongana namaqonga amakhulu

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Umzamo womabonwakude ukuze uphile apho iiplatifomu zomxholo zilawula inxalenye enhle yemarike zibanyanzela ukuba benze izigqibo ezinkulu ukuze bakwazi ukuziqhelanisa namaxesha amatsha. E-United Kingdom, umzekelo, ukuthengiswa kwabucala kweChannel 4 kuye kwaqaliswa, ekubeni ngokutsho kukarhulumente, njengepropathi yayo, "ibuyela ngasemva" xa kuziwa ekukhuphisaneni "nezigebenga ezifana neNetflix kunye ne-Amazon", ngamagama. kaNadine Dorries, uMphathiswa weNkcubeko. Ngokutsho kukaDorries, "utshintsho kubunini luya kunika iChannel 4 izixhobo kunye nenkululeko yokukhula kunye nokuphumelela njengomsasazi wenkonzo yoluntu kwixesha elizayo", kwaye ukuthengiswa kwayo, ngenxa yokuba kuvunyelwene ekuqaleni kwe-2024, kunokufikelela kwibhiliyoni enye yeeponti. (malunga ne-1200 yeebhiliyoni zee-euro).

Nangona kunjalo, inethiwekhi ayizange ibonakale isonwabile ngesigqibo, kunye nesithethi esithi "kuyadanisa ukuba isibhengezo senziwe ngaphandle kokuvuma ngokusemthethweni inkxalabo ebalulekileyo yoluntu ephakanyisiweyo" kunye nesilumkiso sokuba "isiphakamiso sePrivatization siya kufuna inkqubo ende yowiso-mthetho kunye nengxoxo yezopolitiko. " Kumbutho waBasebenzi batyhola iiTories “ngobuhule”. "Ukuthengisa iSiteshi sesi-4, esingakuhlawulisi nesenti emdaka ukuba ube negalelo, kwinto enokwenzeka ukuba yinkampani yangaphandle, bubugwenxa benkcubeko," utshilo uLucy Powell, umlawuli weNkcubeko weqela, ebhekisa kwinto yokuba Isikhululo, nangona siseburhulumenteni, asifumani mali yaseburhulumenteni njengoko kunjalo kwi-BBC, kwaye ngaphezu kwe-90% yengeniso yayo ivela kwiintengiso. Yasungulwa ngo-1982, ityala yonke inzuzo yayo ekuphuhliseni iinkqubo ezintsha, ezenza isivumelwano nabavelisi abazimeleyo.

Ukuthengiswa kuye kwagxekwa ngaphakathi kurhulumente, njengoko kunjalo nguJeremy Hunt, owaqinisekisa iSky News ukuba akafuni "kuba ndicinga ukuba, njengoko kunjalo, iChannel 4 inikezela ukhuphiswano kwi-BBC Kwaziwa njengosasazo lwenkonzo yoluntu, uhlobo lwemiboniso engasebenziyo, kwaye ndicinga ukuba kuya kuba lihlazo ukuphulukana nalo. " Ngapha koko, yayililungu leLungu le-Conservative uJulian Knight, owabuza kwiakhawunti yakhe ye-Twitter ukuba isigqibo siyimpindezelo kwiNkulumbuso u-Boris Johnson: "Ngaba oku kwenziwa ukuziphindezela kwiChannel 4 yokugubungela imiba efana neBrexit kunye nohlaselo lomntu siqu. inkulumbuso?

Ukususela kwiSigqeba esiLawulayo, nangona kunjalo, ukuba ikhonkco liya kuqhubeka liyinkonzo yoluntu kwaye urhulumente uya kuqinisekisa ukuba "uyaqhubeka nokwenza igalelo elibalulekileyo lentlalontle, ezoqoqosho kunye nenkcubeko kwi-United Kingdom". "Kukho izithintelo eziza nobunini boluntu, kwaye umnini omtsha unokubonelela ngokufikelela kunye nezibonelelo, kubandakanya ukufikelela kwinkunzi, intsebenziswano ecwangcisiweyo kunye neemarike zamazwe ngamazwe," urhulumente wachaza xa wayesungula udliwano-ndlebe malunga nomlinganiselo ngoJulayi wonyaka ophelileyo. Uqhube wathi "utyalo-mali lwabucala luya kuthetha umxholo ongaphezulu kunye nemisebenzi emininzi."

Ukwenziwa kwabucala kwesitshixo, ngokutsho kwephephandaba iTimes, kumela eyona ntengiso inkulu yemisebenzi karhulumente yeRoyal Mail ngo-2013, edla ngokubandakanywa kuMthetho weMedia olandelayo, odla ngokuqukwa ePalamente.