All Channel 4 articles – Page 326
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NewsC4 unveils interactive marketing push
Channel 4 is to give viewers the chance to assemble on-air messages featuring clips from its biggest stars in its latest marketing campaign.
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RatingsApprentice move proves mixed bag
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice’s move from spring to autumn had mixed results as its return went up against Grand Designs and Midsomer Murders.
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NewsC4 axes 4iP fund
Channel 4 is to axe its £20m 4iP digital fund and fold its activities into its broader online operations.
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NewsC4 signs Arthurian series
Channel 4 has snapped up the rights to a retelling of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, created by execs behind The Tudors, Torchwood and the film The Departed.
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NewsC4 orders new ent shows from Crook
Crook Productions has won a slate of clip-show orders and is also working on an entertainment pilot for Channel 4 starring Peep Show’s Robert Webb.
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NewsMillion Pound Drop to source players online
Channel 4 is building on the success of interactive game show The Million Pound Drop by casting viewers who play along online as TV contestants.
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NewsLambert: Big Brother successor label damaged Seven Days
Stephen Lambert has admitted the public perception that Channel 4’s Seven Days was a successor to Big Brother may have impacted on the interactive format, which is struggling in the ratings.
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RatingsC5 surge sinks C4 shows
TUESDAY: Channel 4 was beaten by all other terrestrial channels as new format The Wedding House, Gordon Ramsay’s latest series and the rescheduled Seven Days all underperformed.
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NewsHarry 'prisoner' docudrama planned
Plans have been announced for a “dramatised documentary” depicting the results of Prince Harry being captured while serving on the front line in Afghanistan.
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NewsC4 buys Spike Jonze AIDS doc
MIPCOM: Channel 4 has acquired a Spike Jonze-produced documentary about the life-restoring effects of antiretroviral drugs used on people in Africa.
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NewsC4 extends Come Dine With Me deal
MIPCOM: Come Dine With Me is to stay on Channel 4 for at least two more years after ITV Studios signed a new multi-year deal with the broadcaster.
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NewsPeep Show and The Street win Emmy nominations
Channel 4 comedy Peep Show and BBC drama The Street have been nominated for International Emmy’s, with British TV productions gaining a total of nine nods.
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NewsC4 bids to repeat Drop's online success
Channel 4 has commissioned its second online play-along game following the success of Million Pound Drop in an ongoing bid to boost engagement with viewers.
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NewsThree in a Bed rolls over to new series
Channel 4 has commissioned a second run of B&B series Three in a Bed and topped up the order with a stripped daytime version.
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NewsBBC loses athletics rights to C4
The BBC has stressed it is committed to producing coverage of athletics “up to and beyond London 2012”, despite Channel 4 snatching the rights to air the World Athletics event in 2011 and 2013.
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NewsPete Versus Life wins second series
Channel 4 has greenlit the return of Pete Versus Life after the first series averaged 1.6 million (8%) viewers in a Friday 10pm slot.
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NewsOfcom names new C4 Board members
The managing director of Waitrose and a former Unilever exec are among four new non-executive directors appointed to the Channel 4 Board by Ofcom.
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NewsOona King to return to C4
Oona King is to return to Channel 4 after missing out in the race for London mayor.
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NewsC4 orders new comedy dramas
The indies behind Britz and Skins are to make two new comedy drama series for Channel 4, utilising money freed up from the axing of Big Brother.
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NewsStations win awards for war coverage
Sky News and Channel 4 have been presented with International Emmy Awards for their coverage of the Taliban in Pakistan.