Latest Channel 4 News – Page 157
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NewsTurner tracks down C4 data chief
Channel 4 data chief Pedro Cosa is to join Turner to help transform the commercial broadcaster into a ‘consumer-centric, data-driven’ business.
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NewsC4 refocuses Secret History strand
The focus of Channel 4’s Secret History strand is set to shift onto recent history with four new documentaries.
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NewsEnders lukewarm on broadcaster shorts
There are very few broadcaster-led online commissions and many of those available are loss-leaders for producers, according to an Enders Analysis report.
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NewsC4 braves fourth series of The Jump
Channel 4 has recommissioned a fourth series of its controversial celebrity winter sports show The Jump.
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NewsSpotnitz poaches Eleven's Hall
Big Light Productions, the indie established by The X-Files writer Frank Spotnitz, is making a push into the UK after hiring Eleven’s head of production Jamie Hall.
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NewsC4 orders two series of Catastrophe
Channel 4 has ordered a further two series of comedy Catastrophe.
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NewsNoel Edmonds to front C4 pilot
Channel 4 is preparing its latest venture with Noel Edmonds – a daytime format from Crook Productions.
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NewsNaked scores All 4 threesome doc
Naked Entertainment, the indie established by former Fox and Discovery commissioner Simon Andreae, is making a short-form sex series for All 4.
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NewsSue Murphy staffs up ITV fact ent team
ITV factual entertainment chief Sue Murphy has made her first hires – recruiting the commissioner of Channel 4’s Grand Designs and Embarrassing Bodies and the First Dates executive producer.
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NewsLords: privatisation would jeopardise C4
A Lords report has urged the government not to privatise Channel 4, arguing that culture secretary John Whittingdale has left important questions about the impact of a sale unanswered.
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NewsWorking Title hires ex C4 drama development boss
Channel 4’s former head of drama development Surian Fletcher-Jones is to join Working Title Television UK as head of development.
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NewsAll 4 orders Paralympic shorts
Channel 4 has teamed up with Allianz Insurance to commission a short-form series for All 4 which will tell the stories of seven hopeful Paralympians.
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NewsC4 entertainment chief lifts lid on Eden project
Channel 4 head of entertainment Liam Humphreys has lifted the lid on Eden, the blank-slate format that is among the broadcaster’s flagship shows for 2017.
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NewsChannel 4 to replenish Growth Fund
Channel 4’s Growth Fund is primed to be extended beyond its initial £20m investment pot and is expected to deliver its first return within 12 months.
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NewsITV in fresh bid to claim retrans fees
ITV is to attempt to claim retransmission fees from pay-TV operators for broadcasting its channels after the government closed a legal loophole.
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NewsC4 puts a stop to Benefits Street
Love Productions’ controversial factual format Benefits Street will not return to Channel 4.
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NewsThree Day Nanny returns to C4
Liberty Bell’s Three Day Nanny is returning to Channel 4 for a third 6 x 60-minute series later this year.
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NewsBoomerang scores Paralympic programming
Boomerang has been commissioned to produce key Paralympic coverage in the run up to Rio 2016.
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NewsE4 greenlights stage school reality series
E4 has ordered a long-running structured reality series described as “the real life Glee”.
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NewsWindfall wins C4 property commission
Channel 4 will follow families swapping land-locked properties for waterside homes in a new daytime property commission.