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Five chief executive Dawn Airey has said that a merger with Channel 4 "makes sense" for both broadcasters.
Speaking to The Times, Airey said that combining Channel 4 with BBC Worldwide - which is understood to be the government's preferred outcome - "wouldn't solve C4's problems in the long term".
She added that a merger between Channel 4 and Five "would be a public-private partnership - what this government has been all about".
The suggestion that Channel 4 and Five merge was raised in January by BBC director general Mark Thompson, as an alternative to top-slicing the BBC licence fee to plug Channel 4's funding gap. The proposal was dismissed by Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan who said it was "trying to fix the problems of the future with the solutions of the past".
Speaking to The Times, Airey said that combining Channel 4 with BBC Worldwide - which is understood to be the government's preferred outcome - "wouldn't solve C4's problems in the long term".
She added that a merger between Channel 4 and Five "would be a public-private partnership - what this government has been all about".
The suggestion that Channel 4 and Five merge was raised in January by BBC director general Mark Thompson, as an alternative to top-slicing the BBC licence fee to plug Channel 4's funding gap. The proposal was dismissed by Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan who said it was "trying to fix the problems of the future with the solutions of the past".
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