'It will allow it to raise funds in a way that it can't do when it's a nationalised organisation. Channel 4 will be able to commission or actually produce its own work, not just commission from other people or productions. Speaking to ITV News, Mr Wallace said: 'It'll be good for it. He spoke as the Government releases a White Paper which provides a first look at proposed plans for the channel to be privatised. Mr Wallace has said he feels Channel 4 produces some 'great creative content' but that it is 'not the Government's business to run a television channel'.
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