Public service broadcasting

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How we regulate PSBs

Our approach to the Media Bill

Relicensing of channels 3 and 5

Understanding what people need from PSBs

Channel 4 Consultations, Statements and Updates

Published: 3 July 2026

This page provides links to all published consultations, statements and media updates pertaining to C4C.

Channel 4 reporting and Ofcom’s Statement of Media Content Policy (SMCP) Responses

Published: 3 July 2026

This page sets out Channel 4’s obligation to produce an annual Statement of Media Content Policy (SMCP) and our regulatory responsibilities. It also provides access to each year’s SMCP response in a filterable format, following the approach used on Ofcom’s BBC Annual Report page.

How Ofcom regulates Channel 4

Published: 20 March 2024

Last updated: 3 July 2026

This page provides information about how we regulate Channel 4 in the UK, including our latest reports and reviews.

Five-Year Review of Channel 4 Regulation

Published: 3 July 2026

This page sets out the purpose of, and provides links to, previous five-year reviews of Channel 4 regulation.

Made outside London TV programming

Published: 8 November 2023

Last updated: 30 June 2026

A list of the programmes produced by the PSBs outside the M25, and criteria against which each programme qualifies as made outside London.

Regulating public service broadcasters

Published: 19 September 2023

Last updated: 30 June 2026

Information and all published documents from each of Ofcom’s reviews of Public Service Broadcasting (PSB).