In the fourth part of this series, Spicer looks at Channel 4’s new headquarters in Leeds. Reflecting on the process of relocation and Channel 4’s future as a public service broadcaster.
For the third part of Andrew Spicer’s series looking at Channel 4’s impact in Bristol, Spicer profiles the successes of Channel 4’s regional relocation including some of the companies who’ve benefited from their funding initiatives and looks at one of their other creative hubs, Glasgow.
Andrew Spicer continues his series, Investigating the Impact of Channel 4's Move to Bristol, in his second blog looking at the privatisation of the service and its operation within the city including many of the initiatives like 4Skills and the Accelerator fund.
This research project, funded by Bristol + Bath Creative R+D, investigates the effect of Channel 4’s move to Bristol in 2018-19 as it transformed from a London-based to a regionally based public service broadcaster, with its new headquarters in Leeds and two ‘creative hubs’ in Bristol and Glasgow. My research will examine how this relocation has changed the ways in which Channel 4 operates and the impact it has had on Bristol’s screen ecology.
