Priya Dogra has been appointed as the next chief executive of the British public broadcaster. Channel 4.
Dogra will join Channel 4 in March 2026. Current Channel 4 boss Jonathan Allan will serve as interim chief executive until then.
Dogra, who currently serves as Group Chief Data Officer and new Chief Revenue Officer at Sky's pay TV business, is a renowned television executive with over two decades of experience in the media industry across the US, Europe, the Middle East and the UK. Her experience spans programming, production, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and business development.
Prior to joining Sky, Dogra spent 14 years at Time Warner/WarnerMedia and Warner Bros. Discovery, where she was president and managing director of Warner Bros. Discovery (Europe, Middle East and Africa) EMEA, responsible for programming and production, marketing, advertising, commercial network partnerships, streaming, theatrical distribution and content licensing. Dogra has also led the production of local original series for HBO and HBO Max.
“I am delighted that Priya Dogra will become the eighth CEO of Channel 4. Priya is an outstanding executive, a visionary leader and has enormous intelligence,” Jeff Cooper, Chairman of Channel 4, said in a statement. “She has an impressive track record of driving commercial growth and digital transformation and building collaborative partnerships, as well as a track record of developing creative processes, developing effective programming strategies and building content production capabilities,” he added, noting that Dogra “has a passion for Channel 4 and a deep understanding of its public service sector.”
Comments Dogra: “It is a real privilege to join Channel 4 at this moment. Few organizations sit so firmly at the heart of British culture or have such a clear purpose and vital mission: to challenge, reflect and represent voices across the UK, and to drive change through entertainment.”
