Channel 4 – Page 59
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NewsHunt: C4 may have to scale back its ambitions
RTS CAMBRIDGE: Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has hinted that a Tory government may not look to prop up Channel 4’s finances and that it should instead follow the BBC’s lead in scaling back its ambitions.
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NewsC4 chair calls for new senior TV talent
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has called for more fresh blood at the upper levels of the broadcasting industry.
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NewsButler named Film 4 commissioner
Film 4 has promoted head of development Katherine Butler to senior commissioning executive.
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NewsC4 comedies attract more than 200 complaints
Channel 4 received more than 200 complaints last month about flagship comedy programmes such as The Kevin Bishop Show and Alan Carr: Chatty Man.
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NewsGraham Norton indie plays down C4 rumours
Graham Norton’s indie has poured cold water on reports he will leave the BBC and return to Channel 4 when his deal expires later this year.
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NewsE4 boss says Big Brother could have continued
EDINBURGH: Big Brother would have been ‘flogged’ for a few more series, if Channel 4 was a more commercially-minded channel, says E4 head Angela Jain.
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NewsMeadows to make TV debut with This Is England sequel
Shane Meadows is to make his first foray into television with a sequel to his award-winning film This Is England for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 and Boomerang form JV
Channel 4 has formed a joint venture with Welsh indie Boomerang Plus and events organiser Sports Vision to stage and broadcast this year’s winter sports and music festival Freesports on 4 Freeze.
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NewsC4 orders more animal autopsies
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of animal autopsy show Inside Nature’s Giants - with plans to scrap the lecture hall setting and go on location.
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NewsC4 to air calls from Twin Towers
Darlow Smithson is to revisit the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre with a feature-length examination of the calls that victims made to their families in their final moments.
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NewsC4 hunts for world's greatest pop star
Celebrities are to champion their favourite pop stars in a Great Britons-style Channel 4 series that will seek to establish the greatest act in the world today.
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NewsOrange launches C4-backed music service
Channel 4 is backing a mobile phone package from Orange that offers free music when users top up their phones.
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NewsC4 cleared over Siôn Jenkins documentary
Ofcom has thrown out complaints that a Channel 4 documentary following the release of Siôn Jenkins, after he was cleared of murdering his foster daughter Billie-Jo, unfairly invaded his family’s privacy.
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NewsDuncan to fight on at C4
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has vowed to stay with the broadcaster for at least another two to three years.
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NewsPanel puts spotlight on commissioners’ development expertise
Lack of knowledge can lead to hesitancy and prolonging of greenlight process
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NewsYouTube EMEA boss hits back at PSB prominence push
Pedro Pina argues move would hit creators and impact ’foundational principle’ of free viewing choice on the streamer
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NewsDirty Business indie casts eye on ‘Big Tech’ for Channel 4
Halcyon’s Heart Films examines influence of multi-billion-pound entities and the victims of disinformation
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News72 Films chains another series of Handcuffed
Jonathan Ross returns to host Channel 4 show that physically ties polar opposite strangers together
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NewsThe Bay and Kin indies bring Complicit to Channel 4
Claire Goose leads the cast of murder mystery
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NewsTrue North lands double lifestyle order from C4
Yorkshire By the Sea and Devon & Cornwall secure return runs