All Channel 4 articles – Page 296
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NewsChannel 4 signs Hilary Devey
Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Hilary Devey has signed an exclusive two-year deal with Channel 4.
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NewsRSPCA and C4 defend complaints over calf killings
The RSPCA has supported C4 over its decision to broadcast the slaughter of calves, which sparked 59 complaints from upset viewers.
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RatingsApprentice semi-final hires 6.15m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice semi-final won the 9pm slot but was 2m viewers down on last year with 6.1m (25.7%).
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FeaturesHeat4...Live
Channel 4 has partnered with Bauer Media to launch a series of three two-screen TV events across the summer.
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NewsC4 orders additional Paralympics content
Channel 4 looks set to increase its coverage of the Paralympics to between 180 and 200 hours, and has commissioned Twofour to make a further six docs for a strand featuring some of Britain’s up-and-coming Paralympians.
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NewsC4 mixes old and new as campaigns return
Cooking, fishing and property are among the themes on Channel 4’s features slate as the broadcaster unveils new commissions and returns to its high-profile campaigning series.
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NewsHollyoaks lands Nokia smartphone PP deal
Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks has won its second major product placement deal, and will feature Nokia Lumia smartphones in the programme across four months from July.
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NewsITN’s Dispatches poaches Unreported World editor
The series editor of Channel 4 international current affairs strand Unreported World has been poached by ITN to series produce its Dispatches output contract.
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NewsStudio Lambert to take search for love Undercover
Undercover Boss producer Studio Lambert is rejigging its undercover take on life experiences in a format for Channel 4 in which a wealthy bachelor ditches his riches to try to find love.
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RatingsJimmy Doherty and Royals fail to perform
TUESDAY: The launch of Jimmy Doherty’s first Channel 4 series attracted an audience of 1.4m failing to meet the slot average, while ITV1’s royal-themed programmes also struggled.
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RatingsRevenge and Chelsea give E4 a boost
MONDAY: E4’s structured reality series Made in Chelsea scored a series high while the channel’s latest acquisition, Revenge, more than tripled the audience for the slot.
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RatingsPanorama scores 3.5m with football racism doc
MONDAY: A Panorama documentary featuring evidence of racism in Poland and Ukrainian football clubs ahead of the Euro 2012 drew the strand’s third biggest audience of the year, while the first episode of Springwatch broadly maintained last year’s viewing figures.
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NewsC4 chooses MDMA for Drugs Live
Channel 4’s controversial Drugs Live will investigate the impact of MDMA on the human body, Broadcast understands.
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NewsParalympics to be streamed on C4 online and Sky
The Paralympic Games will be streamed on Sky, Channel4.com, as Channel 4 prepares to provide full rolling coverage of the 12 days of action.
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NewsComment: a night of Bafta surprises
Last night’s Baftas saw a swathe of surprise wins, while ITV1’s controversial Fred West drama Appropriate Adult won a trio of acting awards.
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RatingsEurovision and The Voice take a tumble
SATURDAY: The Eurovision Song Contest’s audience dipped by 2m on last year’s performance while The Voice UK continued to slide in the ratings – on a day that BBC1 managed to maintain the lion’s share of the audience.
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NewsFacejacker movie in the works
Facejacker star Kayvan Novak has revealed that he is working on plans to turn his Channel 4 prank show into a film.
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News4oD viewers make date with Chelsea and Undateables
The third series of Made in Chelsea was the most watched series on Channel 4’s video-on-demand service in April – attracting 2.37m views to the service while The Undateables also featured in the top 10.
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NewsHunt warned PM about "caving in to" Sky bid opponents
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt sent a memo to prime minister David Cameron in November 2010 in which he warned against “caving into the Mark Thompson / Channel 4 / Guardian line” over News Corp’s takeover bid for Sky.
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NewsSarah Mulvey took her own life, inquest finds
The “bright and articulate” former Channel 4 commissioner Sarah Mulvey killed herself with an overdose of opiate toxicity, the coroner hearing the inquest into her death has found.