All Channel 4 articles – Page 341
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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.
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NewsJeremy Hunt outlines local TV plans
UK broadcasters will be able to win a higher slot on the EPG if they engage with the government’s local TV agenda.
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NewsC4 News overhauls website
Channel 4 News has overhauled its website in a bid to forge stronger connections with viewers.
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News"Unprecedented" demand crashes Seven Days site
The launch of Channel 4’s ambitious multi-platform reality show Seven Days was dealt a blow on its first night as its website crashed due to “unprecedented numbers” accessing the site.
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NewsC4 visits trapped miners
Channel 4 and US broadcaster PBS have ordered a fast-turnaround doc from Pioneer Productions on the 33 trapped Chilean miners.
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NewsC4 extends Million Pound Drop
Channel 4 game show The Million Pound Drop – Live will be extended into a weekly series after a second run of stripped episdes.
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The Broadcast InterviewJustin Gorman, entertainment, Channel 4
C4’s head of entertainment plans a series of bold, risky and live shows for next year as the end of Big Brother presents an opportunity to refresh the schedules.
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NewsC4 to air week-long extreme sports live event
Channel 4 is to put celebrities through a series of extreme sports challenges in a week-long live competition next spring.
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NewsC4 orders Deal Or No Deal-style collectibles series
Channel 4 has commissioned an Antiques Roadshow-meets-Deal Or No Deal format based around quirky collectibles.
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NewsBBC and C4 look at taking over UK Film Council role
The government has asked the BBC and Channel 4 to draw up proposals that would see them take over the responsibilities of the UK Film Council.
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NewsHunt and C4: an odd match?
You only have to spend five minutes in Jay Hunt’s company to appreciate how much she lives up to her reputation for being dynamic, enthusiastic and persuasive, so it’s no surprise she has made such an impression within the upper echelons of Channel 4.
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CommentHunt's revolutionary road
Creative boss must shake up C4 while retaining its experimental ethos.
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News‘Feisty’ Hunt to offer C4 vision
Jay Hunt’s ability to face down her critics and deliver a clear vision to producers won her the role of Channel 4 chief creative officer.
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NewsC4 brands Seven Days a "new kind of reality"
Channel 4 revealed more details of Seven Days, the docu-soap it brands a “new kind of reality” - in a bid to fill the void left by the end of Big Brother.
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NewsC4 names Jay Hunt as programming boss
BBC1 controller Jay Hunt is Channel 4’s new chief creative officer and will move to Horseferry Road in early January.