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What the BBC’s move on Channel 4 means for free-to-air sport

By Louis ThompsettJuly 14, 2026

The brief

Matt Brittin’s case for a British “sovereign platform” between the BBC and Channel 4 rests on reach. Live sport is where the biggest free-to-air audiences still come from BBC Director-General Matt Brittin told MPs on 8 July that the corporation has approached Channel 4 about carrying its programming on iPlayer, with C…

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