Editing Channel 4 (section)

==Public service remit==
Channel 4 was established with, and continues to hold, a remit of public service obligations which it must fulfil. The remit changes periodically, as dictated by various broadcasting and communications acts, and is regulated by the various authorities Channel 4 has been answerable to; originally the IBA, then the [[Independent Television Commission|ITC]] and now [[Ofcom]].

The preamble of the remit as per the [[Communications Act 2003]] states that:

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The public service remit for Channel 4 is the provision of a broad range of high quality and diverse programming which, in particular:
*    demonstrates innovation, experiment and creativity in the form and content of programmes;
*    appeals to the tastes and interests of a culturally diverse society;
*    makes a significant contribution to meeting the need for the licensed public service channels to include programmes of an educational nature and other programmes of educative value; and
*   exhibits a distinctive character.<ref name="overview">{{cite web | url=http://www.channel4.com/info/corporate/ | publisher=Channel 4 | title=Channel 4 Overview | access-date=30 September 2011 | archive-date=25 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625053025/http://www.channel4.com/info/corporate/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="licence">{{cite web |url=http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/current-licensees/channel-4/ |publisher=Ofcom |title=Channel 4 Licence |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301010345/http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/current-licensees/channel-4/ |archive-date=1 March 2013 }}</ref>
}}

The remit also involves an obligation to provide programming for schools,<ref name="schools">{{cite web|url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tvlicensing/c4/c4v2attach.pdf |title=Channel 4 Broadcasting Licence |pages=[http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tvlicensing/c4/c4v2attach.pdf#page=13 Appendix 2, part 10 (Page 13)] |publisher=Ofcom |date=4 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327121210/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tvlicensing/c4/c4v2attach.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2009 }}</ref> and a substantial amount of programming produced outside of [[Greater London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tvlicensing/c4/c4v2attach.pdf |title=Channel 4 Broadcasting Licence |pages=[http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tvlicensing/c4/c4v2attach.pdf#page=12 Appendix 2, part 8 (Page 12)] |publisher=Ofcom |date=4 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327121210/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tvlicensing/c4/c4v2attach.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2009 }}</ref>