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NewsDCD wins major US commission
DCD Media-owned indie September Films has won a “game changing” commission from US broadcast network The CW for magic format Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
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NewsC4 makes fifth Growth Fund investment
Glue producer Eleven Film has become the first drama indie to win investment from Channel 4.
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NewsBroadcasters back CDN commissioner training scheme
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky are aiming to boost the diversity of their commissioning teams after signing up to a training scheme for under-represented executives.
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NewsC4 to explore online privacy
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has revealed that the broadcaster will explore themes around online privacy and surveillance following its commission of Hunted.
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NewsHunt reassures small indies over C4 terms
Jay Hunt has claimed that small production companies will find Channel 4’s plans to reshape terms of trade “very reassuring” once the details have been set out.
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NewsC4 finds America's Fugitive Family
Channel 4 has secured access to controversial American family The Grays, who have spent the last 14 years living off-grid in a heavily armed compound in Texas.
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NewsKirstie & Phil to front Canadian format for C4
Channel 4 is to expand its property slate with a reversioned Canadian format fronted by Kirstie Allsop and Phil Spencer .
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NewsC4 to visit The Paedophile Next Door
Channel 4 is planning to challenge perceptions of paedophilia in a potentially controversial documentary co-directed by Werner Herzog’s son.
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NewsC4 orders Posh Pawn daytime spin-off
Channel 4 has ordered a daytime spin-off of Boomerang’s Posh Pawn.
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NewsLightbox to lift lid on US campaign trail
Channel 4-backed indie Lightbox has picked up a commission from US cable broadcaster Esquire Network to follow an American political campaign.
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NewsC4 preps Special Edition property doc
Channel 4 is to follow a landlord’s attempts to only rent properties to attractive singletons in a Cutting Edge documentary from Special Edition Films.
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NewsC4 hails Growth Fund as evidence of risk-taking
Channel 4 has hailed its Growth Fund as an example of creative risk-taking and revealed that it plans to relinquish its production sector investments after five years.
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NewsC4 to tackle society and politics through arts
Channel 4 wants to use its arts output to open up social and political issues in the UK, according to commissioning editor John Hay.
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NewsC4 sports commissioner to step down
Channel 4 is on the hunt for a sport commissioner after Jamie Aitchison decided to leave the broadcaster after three years.
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NewsC4 racks up record eight Grierson gongs
Channel 4’s much-garlanded Educating Yorkshire has added two more awards to its tally at this year’s Grierson Awards.
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NewsC4 plans live theatre broadcast on election night
Channel 4 has commissioned Twofour to produce a live broadcast of a play set in a polling station as part of its election night coverage.
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NewsArthur Williams explores remote locations with Blast!
Arthur Williams is to explore remote regions which can only be accessed by the air in a Blast! Films documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsBBC rejects Green Party demands
The BBC has claimed that the Green Party lacks sufficient punch at the ballot box and in opinion polls to be included in next year’s televised leaders’ debates.
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NewsChannel 4 puts Ukip in power
Channel 4 is to imagine what the country would look like if Ukip was in power in a docu-drama produced by Raw TV.
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NewsTwofour's Educating... to return for fourth outing
Channel 4 has ordered a fourth series of Twofour’s fixed-rig classroom format Educating…