Channel 4 – Page 17
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NewsBig Brother axe to free up £50m for C4
Channel 4 will free up around £50m of its programming budget in 2011 by bringing Big Brother to an end next year.
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NewsC4 to capture magic of 3D
Channel 4 is joining the 3D revolution by ordering UK-made content that can be viewed in 3D on standard TV sets.
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NewsAxe falls on C4's News at Noon and More 4 News
Channel 4 has axed news bulletin News at Noon and More 4 News to strengthen its focus on its flagship 7pm news programme.
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NewsC4 scraps heap from Scrapheap Challenge
Channel 4 is to drop the scrapheap from Scrapheap Challenge in a bid to slash costs on the long-running show.
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NewsC4 holds on to horse racing fixtures
Channel 4 has signed a new deal to keep horse racing on the channel for a further three years.
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NewsAirey: Five still in talks with C4
Five chair and chief executive Dawn Airey has reignited the debate about Five’s failed merger with Channel 4 by calling it a “strange” political decision - but has revealed that the broadcasters remain in talks about other opportunities.
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NewsBBCW and C4 deal "weeks" away
BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 are “literally weeks” from signing a joint venture deal, after BBCW jettisoned some of the original sticking points.
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NewsITV, C4 and Five rapped for pushing products
Chat show hosts Alan Titchmarsh and Paul O’Grady as well as Five News gave undue promotion to products in recent shows, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsC4 drives into future with BBCW and kids content
Channel 4 is on the brink of entering the next phase of its evolution after the government backed a tie-up with BBC Worldwide and called for it to put renewed emphasis on content for older children and multiplatform delivery.
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NewsCarter to quit government
Communications minister Stephen Carter is to step down to rejoin the private sector after he publishes his Digital Britain report, increasing speculation that he is putting himself in the running for the top job at ITV.
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NewsCharities lose out in Big Brother phone votes
Channel 4 has scrapped charity donations on Big Brother phone votes, which generated £300,000 for its chosen causes last year.
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NewsGeorge Clarke explores unconventional homes for Channel 4
Amazing Spaces spin-off meets people creating their first homes in unlikely places
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NewsPSBs account for three-quarters of UK commissioning
H1 figures reveal domestic commissioning in decline, but broadcasters still tower over streamers
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NewsC4 selects five diverse-led indies to benefit from new IP fund
Riches producer Greenacre among those receiving financial backing to develop drama
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NewsC4.0 commissioner hails ‘convergence’ of digital and traditional TV
Kaio Grizzelle says increasing overlap between what is considered traditional and digital content is liberating
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NewsFred Sirieix goes behind the scenes of luxury hotels for Channel 4
First Dates star and hospitality expert meets the people who work at some of most spectacular hostelries in the world
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NewsChannel 4 lines up heavyweight cast for Army of Shadows
Ronan Bennett’s adaptation is inspired by Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1969 film and Joseph Kessel’s book
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NewsChannel 4.0 unveils summer slate of fresh and returning projects
After Party Studios and Cowshed Collective producing titles for PSB’s digital strand
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NewsITV wary of becoming BBC iPlayer ‘tenant’
Policy chiefs differ on value of PSB content being housed on platform
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NewsChannel 4 promotes digital commissioner to head Untold
Ellie Winstanley appointed commissioning editor of youth current affairs docs strand