Channel 4 – Page 134
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NewsPublish full accounts, select committee tells C4
Channel 4’s refusal to publish its digital channels’ accounts and its conflicting messages over its plans for older children are at odds with its ambitions to become a public service network, a cross-party parliamentary committee has claimed.
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NewsExtension granted for C4 icon
Channel 4 has pledged to use the ‘Big 4’ structure outside its Horseferry Road HQ for art installations for at least another five years.
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NewsC4 eyes Deeley pilot
So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley has signed up to front a new treasure hunt entertainment format, where people race around UK cities to win a big cash prize.
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NewsTime Team ordered until 2013 but budget cut back
Channel 4 has moved long-running history series Time Team to Wales and guaranteed that it will air until at least 2013 - but has cut the budget by about 15%.
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NewsJohnson cuts ties with C4
Departing Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has described his time at the broadcaster as “among the most rich and rewarding experiences of my career”.
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NewsC4 orders NYE Rude Tube special
C4 will count down to 2010 with a two-hour Rude Tube special featuring the top 100 viral clips in history.
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NewsC4 gets cooking Japanese-style
Channel 4 is lining up a UK version of Japanese gladiatorial ‘cook-off ’ format Iron Chef as a stripped weekday show.
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NewsC4 moots online charge for advance episodes
Channel 4 is considering charging viewers to watch new programmes online before they air on TV as part of plans to break down the barriers between the schedule and on-demand viewing.
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NewsC4 orders full run of Objective’s Pete V Life
Channel 4 has fast-tracked Comedy Showcase pilot Pete V Life to a full run - but has axed sitcom Plus One after just one series.
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NewsC4 to follow fight for Harrow scholarships
Channel 4 is to lift the curtain on the fight for scholarships to Harrow School, after Boomerang Plus secured behind the scenes access.
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NewsSpecialist factual feels the pinch in peak
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Channel 4 has to “raise its game” in specialist factual and deliver more “polarising” programming if it is to compete in peaktime, according to commissioning exec Ralph Lee.
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NewsC4 takes back seat on co-pros to boost doc series budgets
Channel 4 is scaling back its investment in co-productions for strands such as Bodyshock to boost the budgets for major documentary series such as The Family.
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NewsC4 to explore dawn of aerial warfare
Channel 4 is to recreate the aerial battles of World War One for a 90-minute documentary from Darlow Smithson Productions.
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NewsC4 to profile Britain's fattest man
Channel 4 is lining up a documentary about “Britain’s fattest man” as he embarks on life-threatening surgery to lose weight.
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NewsPitt oversees Screen England united front
The nine regional screen agencies have joined forces as Screen England, and recruited docs veteran Ruth Pitt and former Channel 4 head of corporate relations John Newbigin to head the new operation.
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NewsC4 plans fresh push in NI
Channel 4 has tasked three commissioners with finding returnable series from Northern Irish indies in a bid to reverse the “endemic” lack of commissions from the nation.
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NewsByrne calls for more C4 online spend
EDINBURGH: Channel 4 does not spend enough money on its news website according to C4 head of news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne who recently axed News at Noon and More 4 News.
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NewsC4 orders gender identity doc
Channel 4 has ordered a documentary about a boy who has gender dysphoria as part of its documentary strand First Cut.
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NewsViewers blast C4 over Jackson jokes
Channel 4’s treatment of Michael Jackson’s death has come under fire from viewers, with more than 200 complaints levelled against three shows last month.
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NewsC4 urges protection for cricket rights
Channel 4 has called for “some form” of cricket to be on the list of protected sports rights, but has stopped short of recommending Test Matches return to free-to-air TV.