Channel 4 – Page 129
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NewsJon Snow praises Ofcom in Cudlipp Lecture
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow has praised Ofcom for its role in regulating TV journalism and backed proposals for a similar regulator of the print industry.
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NewsOfcom backs C4's risk-taking
Channel 4’s risk taking programming has been backed by Ofcom, which has cleared Ricky Gervais’ use of the word “mong” and thrown out more than 160 complaints over Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror.
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NewsMore 4 rebrand set for launch
More 4’s new branding will go live on 23 January ahead of a more prominent push in April.
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NewsC4 announces multiplatform tour
Channel 4 will hold 30 multiplatform events across the country in a drive to attract new ideas and has committed to a training scheme during 2012 - an initiative titled Fuel 4.
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NewsC4's Bank Job scores 1.7m plays
The online game to recruit players for Channel 4 game show The Bank Job has been played 1.7m times in a week.
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NewsC4 aiming to boost creative diversity
Channel 4 wants to be the most creatively diverse company in Europe by September 2012 in time for the Paralympic Games.
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NewsITV boss bemoans lack of new entertainment shows
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has pointed to a dearth of fresh entertainment shows in the industry.
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NewsC4 crime pilot to use footage supplied by public
Channel 4 is piloting a format that is like an updated version of Crimewatch and which will call on viewers and members of the public to contribute their own amateur footage of crime or anti-social behaviour.
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NewsC4 lines up death row series from Werner Herzog
Acclaimed film director Werner Herzog is to front a new series about Death Row inmates for Channel 4.
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NewsDavid Morrissey to star in C4 riots drama
The riots that engulfed parts of London this summer will be at the centre of the new Channel 4 drama starring David Morrissey.
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NewsFilm 4 launches first multiplatform project
Film 4 has ordered its first piece of multiplatform content, an immersive experience written by author AL Kennedy to support forthcoming film Dreams of a Life.
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NewsUK wins five International Emmys
BBC1 drama Accused and Channel 4 biopic Mo won International Emmy’s last night as reality producer Nigel Lythgoe received a special prize from Lady Gaga.
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NewsC4 talent to swap roles for 30th anniversary
Jimmy Carr will host a one-off Countdown special and the cast of Made in Chelsea will appear in Come Dine With Me as part of a ‘mash up’ night on Channel 4 to mark the broadcaster’s 30th anniversary.
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NewsLive Deal or No Deal 'slated' by C4 viewers
Live editions of Deal or No Deal topped the most criticised programmes on Channel 4 last month.
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NewsC4 overhauls current affairs
Channel 4’s decision to tender out contracts for Dispatches and increase the number of films in the documentary strand will give production companies a credible current affairs business model, producers have said.
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NewsBear Grylls to take celebrities into the wild for C4
Bear Grylls is returning to Channel 4 with a new series that will see him taking celebrities out into the wild.
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NewsDoherty to examine forest life for C4
Jimmy Doherty is examine the biology, ecology and social history of a Norfolk forest for a new Channel 4 series.
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NewsGuy Martin latest talent to join C4
Channel 4 has secured British motorcycle racer Guy Martin in an exclusive face for the channel - building on the talent recently signed up to the broadcaster.
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NewsC4’s Allan re-jigs sales team
Channel 4’s new sales director Jonathan Allan has restructured his team to create six new teams scrapping the previous structure.
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NewsBBC receives 42 kids Bafta nods
The BBC has scored 42 nominations for this year’s Bafta Children’s Awards - but faces stiff competition from multichannel and other terrestrials.