Channel 4 – Page 125
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NewsIWC hires Kelehar as fact ent boss
IWC Media has appointed North One Television’s Ricky Kelehar as head of factual entertainment and US formats.
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NewsC4 steps up Sri Lanka campaign
Channel 4 News and documentary maker Callum Macrae are to travel to Sri Lanka to cover the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) as they continue to highlight war crimes committed against the country’s minority Tamil population.
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NewsC4 leads fight for US shows
The market for high-profile US acquisitions has heated up in the past seven days, with Channel 4 leading the way.
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NewsCommissioning: the indie view
“The elephant in the room in this whole debate is who pays,” said one indie producer, commenting on the Broadcast/GfK commissioning survey and the ‘We Need to Talk About Commissioning’ panel at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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NewsHunt hails drama but admits 8pm struggles
Channel 4 arrived at Edinburgh on a roll following a string of drama hits – but Jay Hunt admitted that getting pre-watershed entertainment and fact ent right remains a struggle.
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NewsMan Down up for Christmas special
Channel 4 has ordered a Christmas special of Greg Davies sitcom Man Down before the first episode has aired.
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NewsJay Hunt backs C4 commissioner team
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has leapt to the defence of her commissioning team following leading indies’ criticisms of their experience and autonomy.
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NewsLiberty opens its doors to C4
Channel 4 has secured access to upmarket retail store Liberty for a three-part series from Rize USA.
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NewsC4 sees off rivals to land Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Channel 4 has acquired high profile US superhero series Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. after a fierce bidding war.
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NewsCommissioning flaws exposed
Indies’ lives are blighted by commissioners from the BBC and Channel 4 cancelling their meetings, and they claim the quality of input they receive from commissioners at C4, Channel 5 and Sky is very inconsistent.
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NewsC4 investigates Who’s Getting Rich?
Channel 4 has ordered a short season of shows from Boomerang and Firecracker Films focussing on businesses which are bucking the recession.
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NewsC4 ties in digital developers
Channel 4 has guaranteed digital agencies Numiko and Rckt £100,000 of business each in the next 12 months to improve its online programme support.
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NewsNutopia behind C4 & PBS Algerian terrorist doc
Nutopia and the Bafta-winning director behind Our War are making a doc about the terrorist attack on Algeria’s In Amenas gas facility for Channel 4 and PBS in the US.
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NewsC4 renews The Returned
Channel 4 has acquired the rights to the second series of French-language drama The Returned.
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NewsE4 reloads Youngers
E4 has commissioned a second run of Big Talk Productions’ south London comedy drama Youngers.
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NewsFrench drama comes calling
Channel 4’s move to air French zombie thriller The Returned (Les Revenants) in a primetime slot has paved the way for broadcasters to look across the Channel for further acquisitions.
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NewsC4 strengthens fact ent and features teams
Channel 4 has boosted its factual entertainment and features teams with the hire of Channel 5 exec Ian Dunkley and former C5 exec Alex Menzies.
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NewsJudgement Day looms for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned RDF Television to produce a daytime series aiming to help country pubs, restaurants and hotels that have suffered from negative online reviews from customers.
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NewsC4 brings Hollywood glitz to UK
Unsuspecting homeowners will be whisked off to Los Angeles while their homes are given a makeover in a 6 x 60-minute series for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC raises stakes in retransmission fees row
The BBC is threatening to charge Sky to carry its TV channels if an amicable agreement cannot be reached over the retransmission fees row.