Channel 4 – Page 15
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NewsC4 boss defends Drugs Live
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has defended a forthcoming programme in which people will be seen to take Class A drugs live on air.
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NewsC4 to make mischief with new line-up
Channel 4 is to show people taking Class A drugs and aims to build a national database showing how changes in diet can cure common ailments, part of its commitment to a new risk-centred strategy.
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NewsC4 to court more controversy
David Abraham has tasked Jay Hunt with increasing the volume of controversial output on Channel 4, the chief creative officer revealed at her first out-of-London indie meeting.
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NewsC4 sales chief to step down
Long-serving Channel 4 sales director Andy Barnes, who is responsible for delivering more than £12bn of sales revenue, is leaving the broadcaster after nearly 20 years.
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NewsCrufts coverage questioned again
TV’s coverage of Crufts has come under scrutiny again after the RSPCA wrote a critical letter to the Kennel Club that is also understood to have been sent to Channel 4.
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NewsOfcom to review TV ad deals
Ofcom is to launch review of how TV advertising deals are agreed – a move that could change the way the UK’s commercial broadcasters make money.
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NewsC4 to shake up supply base
Channel 4 plans to fling open its doors to small, first-time and regional producers after admitting its supplier base has become too narrow.
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NewsChannel 4 News to be revamped
Channel 4 News will undergo a restructure in 2011 which will include the introduction of a new presenter, social affairs editor and science editor.
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NewsC4 poaches the BBC's scheduling supremo
Channel 4 has again raided the BBC for a key executive, hiring George Dixon to replace Rosemary Newell as controller of channel management.
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News4iP's Loosemore leaves C4
4iP head Tom Loosemore has left Channel 4 and accepted some responsibility for the failure of the digital initiative.
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NewsC4 to boost comedy slate by £5m
Channel 4 is to spend £5m more on comedy in 2011, including new projects from Noel Fielding and Chris Addison.
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NewsC4 sets aside £2m for YouView revolution
Channel 4 is putting £2m up for grabs for content designed for YouView and other connected TV services, and is hunting for three new multiplatform commissioners.
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NewsControversial Islam doc cleared by Ofcom
Channel 4’s Britain’s Islamic Republic, which attrated more than 1,000 complaints and was branded a “dirty little programme” by former MP George Galloway, has been cleared by Ofcom.
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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 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.
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NewsJay Hunt favourite for C4 role
EDINBURGH: Speculation that Channel 4 wants Jay Hunt as its new creative boss has reached fever pitch at Edinburgh.
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NewsLeading indies take aim at Channel 5
The prospects for Channel 5 under Richard Desmond are bleak, according to a group of 40 top indie programme-makers.
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NewsC4 restructures sales team
Channel 4 has appointed media agency veteran Mick Perry as head of airtime sales as it completes its restructure of its 175-strong sales team.
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NewsOfcom abolishes ad sales rules
Ofcom is significantly relaxing rules on television advertising sales, but has ruled out conducting a full investigation of the market.
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NewsChilds leads race for UKTV top job
Darren Childs, the BBC Worldwide managing director of channels, is understood to be in pole position to be named UKTV chief executive.