All articles by Balihar Khalsa – Page 33
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NewsMicky Flanagan to pilot family clip show for C4
Channel 4 is trialling a studio clip show about family life as a vehicle for comic Micky Flanagan, who has signed an exclusive deal with the broadcaster.
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NewsC4 orders Cumbo Comedy Blap
Comedian David Earl will play Cumbo in three online episodes as part of Channel 4’s comedy shorts series, Comedy Blaps.
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News4Music to support C4's House Party
4Music will support Channel 4’s House Party with a weekend of content dedicated to dance music featuring David Guetta, LMFAO and Sara Cox.
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NewsITV Quay Street site sale edges closer
Discussions about the sale of ITV’s Manchester Quay Street site have started taking place with a preferred bidder ahead of the broadcaster’s move to MediaCityUK.
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NewsSchool for Creative Startups calls for entries
Last calls are being made for applications for places in the School for Creative Startups, a one year course aimed at helping creative startups launch successful businesses.
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NewsCycling boost prompts ITV to air Spanish road race
The increased interest in cycling triggered by Bradley Wiggins’ success in the Tour De France has resulted in ITV4 committing to a daily highlights show of Spanish road cycling race, Vuelta a Espana.
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NewsMoyles could take late night Radio 1 slot
Radio 1 breakfast show presenter Chris Moyles is being lined up to take the late night slot on the station following in the footsteps of the late John Peel.
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FeaturesTV illusionists: the magic ingredient
Watch star Dynamo has achieved the impossible by making street magic hip again, but it takes more than a few impressive tricks to win over a sceptical audience.
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NewsConnected Set hires head of development
Multiplatform content creation firm The Connected Set has recruited Fuel4 events manager Amber D’Albert as head of development.
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NewsBBC’s Shearman to run Keo Bristol
Factual indie Keo Films is opening an operation in Bristol, to be run by the BBC’s Nick Shearman, as it continues to reshape itself under Debbie Manners.
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NewsLove takes another look at multiculturalism
The producer of Make Bradford British is returning to issues of social integration and multiculturalism for Channel 4, by following a group of foreign adults learning English.
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NewsC4 online viewers edge to 5m
David Abraham’s vision of using data to reinvent Channel 4’s relationship with viewers and advertisers is gathering pace, as it closes in on 5 million registered viewers online.
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NewsClaridges opens doors to BBC for 200th anniversary
Luxury London hotel Claridges is opening its doors to doc-makers for the first time in its 200-year history.
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NewsBjork and Attenborough to explore music for C4
Icelandic musician Bjork and natural history broadcaster David Attenborough will appear together in a film looking at music and the natural world for Channel 4 - one of four major new arts commissions for the broadcaster.
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NewsDispatches pushed into 4Seven schedule
A Channel 4 Dispatches film, Britain on the Sick, will be the first programme to break in to the schedule of repeats channel 4Seven based on its ratings and the level of discussion it created.
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NewsOliver and Doherty pair up for C4 Food Fight
Channel 4 chef Jamie Oliver and farmer Jimmy Doherty will appear together for the first time on C4 in a series based around culinary challenges.
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NewsEx-Chrysalis boss named UTV chairman
Talksport owner UTV has appointed Richard Huntingford chairman of the board.
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NewsAnnie Mac and Grandmaster Flash to do C4 all nighter
Annie Mac and Grandmaster Flash have been lined up to play during a six-hour all nighter on Channel 4 from 12am to 6am on 24 August.
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NewsITV online continues to grow while TV share dips
ITV’s online, pay and interactive division saw revenue grow 24% from £38m in 2011 to £47m in the first half of this year.
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NewsITV Studios boosts ITV growth
ITV Studios, the production arm of ITV has reported a strong performance for the first half of the year with its profit growing 32% to £12m, while overall the company saw profit up 15% compared to the same period in 2011.