All Channel 4 articles – Page 257
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NewsC4 eyes co-pros with China
Channel 4 is to open its doors to international co-productions with Chinese broadcasters and producers for the first time.
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NewsOfcom criticises subtitling standards
The UK’s major broadcasters are failing to meet best practice guidelines when providing subtitles for the live programming.
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RatingsMr Drew's School For Boys welcomes 1.7m
Mr Drew’s School For Boys opened on Channel 4 on Tuesday with 1.7m viewers – ahead of the launch episode of Educating Essex, on which he made his name.
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NewsBBC current affairs ‘lags behind C4’
BBC current affairs brands including Panorama and Newsnight could learn lessons from Channel 4 in making a bigger impact with audiences, a review has found.
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NewsSamsung TVs affected by C4 data service
Channel 4 has suspended a data service that triggered a technical glitch in Samsung TVs – causing the sets to turn off each time viewers switched to E4 or Channel 4+1.
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NewsC4 history exec to step down
Channel 4 history commissioner Julia Harrington will leave the broadcaster later this year to spend more time with her family.
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RatingsGogglebox hits 3m
Channel 4’s Gogglebox climbed to an all-time overnight high of more than 3m viewers on Friday - seeing off ITV’s repeat of detective drama Lewis.
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RatingsDerek cares for 1.6m viewers
Ricky Gervais comedy Derek returned well for Channel 4 on Wednesday, pulling in an audience roughly in line with the launch of series one.
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NewsInteractive C4 doc explores NHS
Sanjay Singhal’s Voltage TV has picked up its first commission - an interactive documentary format about the NHS for Channel 4 in which viewers will give their opinions about patients receiving treatment.
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RatingsFargo debuts with 2m
The TV remake of Coen brothers film Fargo made a solid start for Channel 4, but it was easily beaten by other drama offerings on Sunday night.
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NewsEducating Yorkshire pupil heads to Stammer School
Educating Yorkshire star Musharaf Asghar is to appear in a Twofour documentary about stammerers for Channel 4.
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NewsWaitrose & C4 partner for cookery AFP
Channel 4 has teamed up with Waitrose to create an ad-funded programming (AFP) Saturday morning live cookery show fronted by Steve Jones and Lisa Snowdon.
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NewsC4 orders Shed of the Year show
Channel 4 is to go behind the scenes at Britain’s “prestigious” Shed of the Year competition for a three-part series.
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RatingsC4 quiz drops off the pace
William G Stewart first introduced us to 15 contestants, 14 of whom were destined to be unlucky, in January 1988. More than a quarter of a century on, and 10 years off the air, his former show has had a bumpy return.
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NewsRandom Acts 'supercharged' by C4
Channel 4 is to ‘supercharge’ its Random Acts arts strand, beefing up its budget and handing it a more prominent TV slot.
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NewsS4C preps multiplatform kids’ series
S4C has greenlit an interactive multiplatform children’s series that will launch on TV before concluding as a four-part digital comic book.
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NewsRivals hit out at BBC1+1 plan
ITV and Channel 4 have voiced concerns about BBC content, quotas and BBC1+1 plans – but ultimately backed the licence fee as the corporation prepares for its charter renewal.
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NewsXbox partners C4 on Humans
Xbox has become a co-production partner on a major British TV project for the first time, joining Channel 4 to back Kudos Film & Television’s remake of Swedish sci-fi series Real Humans.
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NewsC4 takes Shipping Wars to series
Channel 4 has commissioned a full series of Shipping Wars - a UK version of A&E Television Networks’ logistics documentary.
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NewsITV and C4 attack BBC1+1 plans
ITV and Channel 4 executives have hit out at the BBC’s plans to launch BBC1+1 amid fears that the time-adjusted service will have a significant impact on the commercial broadcasting landscape.