City bosses attended the All 4 The UK meeting held in London and will now prepare Sheffield’s bid before the deadline of 11 May. Further presentations will be held in June.
Sheffield is one of several local authorities bidding for Channel 4, including Leeds.
Richard Caborn, leading Sheffield’s bid, said: “We are extremely encouraged by these proposals and feel confident that Sheffield can meet the criteria set by Channel 4 today [16 April].
“We value our excellent workforce, our digital connectivity, our two-world class universities and our close proximity to London.
“We have always spoken of our belief in working closely with Channel 4 so that it can shape it the future of broadcasting and links to emerging technologies.
“The hard work begins now to further demonstrate the strengths of our incredible city and its people and work with Channel 4 to build a future that does for media what we have already achieved for healthcare at the Olumpic Legacy Park and manufacturing at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.”
The new national headquarters must be based in a city with a working population of more than 200,000, travel time to London of less than three hours and a high-level of physical and digital connectivity and infrastructure.
Its creative hubs must be based in a city with a working population of 75,000, a four-hour journey time to the capital and links to a well-developed independent television or digital production community.
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