Channel 4 – Page 279
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NewsBox TV ventures further into Africa
Channel 4 / Bauer Media joint venture Box TV is preparing to continue its expansion into Africa after agreeing four distribution deals.
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NewsSci-fi comedy pilot beamed aboard C4
Channel 4 is to blast off into space with a non-TX comedy pilot penned by the writers of Pete Versus Life and Star Stories.
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NewsDeadpan's famine comedy condemned
A petition calling for a Channel 4 comedy development about the Irish famine to be scrapped has been signed by 30,000 people.
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NewsEbola survivor to give C4 Christmas message
British Ebola survivor William Pooley is to deliver Channel 4’s Alternative Christmas Message in 2014.
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NewsUkip move forces Michael family off Gogglebox
Channel 4 has axed Gogglebox’s Michael family from the show after father Andrew announced he plans to stand for Ukip in next year’s general election.
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NewsC4 ordered to disclose documentation to Ryanair
Channel 4 and Blakeway have been ordered to disclose documents used in a 2013 Dispatches film criticising Ryanair’s fuel policy.
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NewsDrama hit hardest by PSB spending cuts
Drama, nations and regions and the arts were the areas of programming hit hardest by the UK public service broadcasters cutting their content spend by £500m over the past five years.
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NewsBBC dominates British Comedy Awards
The BBC dominated the British Comedy Awards, as Graham Norton and Mrs Brown’s Boys helped it take home seven gongs.
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NewsSony sends The Goldbergs to E4
Channel 4 has signed a multi-season deal with Sony Pictures Television for its US sitcom, The Goldbergs.
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NewsRetransmission fees and terms of trade part of Ofcom review
Ofcom has fired the starting gun on a consultation into retransmission fees and a shake-up of the terms of trade as part of its public service broadcasting review.
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NewsCoba: ITV receives £87m PSB benefit
ITV’s public service broadcaster status is worth at least £87m, according to a Commercial Broadcasters Association (Coba) report published to coincide with the launch of Ofcom’s PSB review.
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NewsSex, crime and self-harm feature in raft of C4 docs
Self-harm, child sex offenders and Europe’s largest brothel will be explored in six Channel 4 docs from the commissioner behind The Paedophile Hunter.
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NewsSnowman & Snowdog takes off as paid-for game
Channel 4 is releasing a third version of The Snowman and Snowdog game which will require users to pay to download it for the first time.
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NewsToast of London to return for third outing
Channel 4 has commissioned a third series of Objective Productions’ comedy Toast of London.
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NewsEducating… heads to Cardiff
Channel 4’s Educating… strand is to leave England for the first time with a fourth series set in the Welsh capital city.
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NewsClare Balding signs two year deal with C4
Clare Balding will anchor the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio but scale back her horse racing duties after signing a two-year deal with Channel 4.
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NewsC4 launches distribution website
Channel 4 has digitised its distribution division to bolster its programme sales arm.
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NewsSunset + Vine wins 2016 Paralympics contract
Sunset + Vine has picked up the production contract for Channel 4’s coverage of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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NewsEleven Film’s plans for C4 cash
Eleven Film will use its Growth Fund investment from Channel 4 to appoint a drama boss as it bids to add to its burgeoning slate in the genre.
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NewsYouGov profiles TV audiences
Audience research business YouGov has launched an app that allows users to view data collected from its 190,000 members. Broadcast runs its eye over the quintessential audience of each of the main broadcasters.