Channel 4 – Page 83
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NewsDispatches seeks digital partner to help engage audiences
Channel 4 current affairs strand Dispatches has issued a tender for a digital company to work alongside the strand’s production companies and help engage new audiences.
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NewsC4 working on 20 entertainment ideas in genre overhaul
Channel 4 is developing around 20 entertainment projects after receiving 250 pitches on the back of its wide-ranging brief to overhaul the genre earlier this year.
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NewsC4 lines up magic and dating
Channel 4 has lined up two new entertainment programmes that includes a new show from a “world leading illusionist” and an adaptation of a US dating series.
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NewsJamie Oliver secures PP deals
Jamie Oliver’s forthcoming daytime series for Channel 4, in which the celebrity chef cooks meals in 15 minutes, has secured a brace of product placement deals.
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News4Seven builds schedule around 9pm and 11pm
The new 4Seven channel will build its schedule around its 9pm and 11pm slots as it prepares to start broadcasting 20 hours a day.
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News10 O'Clock Live set for third run
Channel 4 topical satire show 10 O’Clock Live is being lined up to return for a third series at the start of 2013.
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NewsC4's anniversary comedy line-up revealed
Vic and Bob, Harry Hill and the writers behind Peep Show, Father Ted and Drop the Dead Donkey will contribute to a fortnight of comedy marking Channel 4’s 30th anniversary.
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NewsC4's Cutting Edge wins access to stalking clinic
Channel 4 has gained exclusive access to the UK’s first “stalking clinic” for the next run of documentary strand Cutting Edge.
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NewsBroadcasters draw up social media guidelines
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have agreed a set of best-practice guidelines to help build confidence among audiences using social media to interact with TV shows.
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NewsE4 orders celebrity prank show
Comedian Lee Kern will prank celebrities in a new series for E4 that will see him setting up outlandish situations to catch them out.
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NewsRSPCA and C4 defend complaints over calf killings
The RSPCA has supported C4 over its decision to broadcast the slaughter of calves, which sparked 59 complaints from upset viewers.
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NewsC4 orders additional Paralympics content
Channel 4 looks set to increase its coverage of the Paralympics to between 180 and 200 hours, and has commissioned Twofour to make a further six docs for a strand featuring some of Britain’s up-and-coming Paralympians.
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NewsC4 mixes old and new as campaigns return
Cooking, fishing and property are among the themes on Channel 4’s features slate as the broadcaster unveils new commissions and returns to its high-profile campaigning series.
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NewsNew C4 terms of trade to reward online viewing
Channel 4 and Pact have reached a terms of trade agreement that will result in quicker payments to producers for their programmes being viewed on 4oD.
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NewsC4 orders Derek series from Ricky Gervais
Channel 4 has commissioned a full series of Ricky Gervais’ Derek, after the pilot drew more than 3 million viewers.
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NewsGypsy Weddings tops 4oD chart
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings has knocked New Girl off the top slot in the 4oD charts - but could not match the previous figures of the US sitcom.
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NewsUndateables gets second outing
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of matchmaking show The Undateables.
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NewsDragonfly crashes plane for Channel 4 doc
Dragonfly has crash-landed a passenger jet into a remote part of the Mexican desert as part of its long-awaited documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsAppropriate Adult and Sherlock lead Bafta nominations
Brendan O’Carroll comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys has picked up two Bafta nominations, as ITV Studios drama Appropriate Adult leads the way with four nods.
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NewsC4 to reconstruct 1950s house
Channel 4 will celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by looking at science and innovation from the 50s and how it has affected our lives.