Channel 4 – Page 289
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NewsXbox partners C4 on Humans
Xbox has become a co-production partner on a major British TV project for the first time, joining Channel 4 to back Kudos Film & Television’s remake of Swedish sci-fi series Real Humans.
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NewsC4 takes Shipping Wars to series
Channel 4 has commissioned a full series of Shipping Wars - a UK version of A&E Television Networks’ logistics documentary.
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NewsITV and C4 attack BBC1+1 plans
ITV and Channel 4 executives have hit out at the BBC’s plans to launch BBC1+1 amid fears that the time-adjusted service will have a significant impact on the commercial broadcasting landscape.
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NewsChannel 4 ties with Xbox for Swedish sci-fi drama
MipTV: Channel 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studios have agreed a co-production deal for Humans, a scripted series based on Swedish sci-fi drama Real Humans, to be produced by Kudos Film & Television.
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NewsC4 secures record number of Bafta nominations
Channel 4 has scooped up a record number of Bafta Television Award nominations, with Southcliffe and The IT Crowd leading the field.
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NewsEmbarrassing Bodies preps Angry Birds-inspired game
Maverick TV is preparing to launch an Angry Birds-inspired game and live mental health checker to support the fourth series of Embarrassing Bodies: Live From The Clinic.
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NewsDeparting Ross to retain C4 growth fund role
Film 4 boss Tessa Ross will continue to play a role in Channel 4’s £20m indie investment plans despite leaving the broadcaster in September.
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NewsTessa Ross to leave Film 4
Long-time Film 4 head Tessa Ross is stepping down from her role later this year to become chief executive of the National Theatre.
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NewsC4's Educating... heads to Walthamstow
Twofour is heading to East London for its latest Educating…series, where it will install its fixed rig camera systems at Walthamstow’s Frederick Bremer School.
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NewsBBC and C4 vie for corruption reporting award
BBC1’s Panorama and Channel 4’s Unreported World are to square off in the inaugural award for corruption reporting at this year’s One World Media Awards.
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NewsArrow Media recycles plane for C4 doc
Kevin McCloud is to challenge three designers to recycle a disused airplane into new products as part of a new Channel 4 doc produced by Arrow Media.
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NewsC4 lowers gavel on auction doc
Channel 4 is heading back to Chelsea with a documentary series about a famous auction house.
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NewsChannel 4 triumphs at the RTS Awards
Channel 4 walked away with more gongs than any other channel at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards, with winners including Gogglebox and Educating Yorkshire.
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NewsC4 revamps Coming Up strand
Channel 4 has radically reshaped up-and-coming writers’ and directors’ strand Coming Up, supersizing the slot, which will be handed to a single winning entry.
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NewsC4 calls for voice in 2015 leaders debates
Channel 4 has argued that it should host a 2015 election debate, in the same week that its licence was renewed by Ofcom for another 10 years.
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NewsWEtv opens Sex Box in US
Channel 4’s controversial show Sex Box is to be re-made in the US after cable network WEtv ordered a pilot.
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NewsTiger Aspect meets the taxman for C4
Channel 4 is to discover what makes the taxman tick in a three-part documentary series from Tiger Aspect.
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NewsC4 to shave returning shows' budgets
Channel 4 will ask producers to make returning shows up to 3% cheaper so the broadcaster can invest in new content.
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NewsC4 acquires Fargo remake
Channel 4 has acquired the television remake of the Coen brothers’ feature film Fargo.
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NewsE4 heads to New York for next Made In Chelsea
E4 is looking to build on the success of Made In Chelsea with a scripted reality series based in New York City.