Latest Channel 4 News – Page 171
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NewsNetflix snatches Black Mirror from C4
Netflix has swooped to nab Charlie Brooker’s dark comedy Black Mirror away from Channel 4.
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NewsTV chiefs in scheduling row
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 traded blows at the Edinburgh International Television Festival over the scheduling of some of their biggest shows.
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NewsGreenbird duo strike C4 deal
Channel 4 has struck an agreement with a new GroupM Entertainment-style content financing agency to offer top-up funding for original commissions.
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NewsC4 to track Landmark Trust restorations
Chocolate Media will follow attempts by the Landmark Trust to complete two ambitious building restorations for a Channel 4 series.
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NewsJay Hunt: consolidation can hurt indie creativity
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has claimed that growing consolidation in the indie sector has had a negative impact on creativity.
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NewsC4 drama to explore historic sex abuse
George Faber is to produce a Channel 4 drama series which will explore the impact on a fictional public figure after they are accused of historical sexual misconduct.
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NewsC4 to track teenage murder investigation
Ten Alps indie Films of Record will track a police investigation into a teenage murder in an ambitious documentary series for Channel 4.
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NewsWhittingdale open to privatising C4 if remit remains intact
John Whittingdale has suggested he is comfortable with the idea of Channel 4 moving into the private sector - as long as its remit remains intact.
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NewsFlowers blooms in C4 line-up
Channel 4 has revealed three important parts of its 2016 schedule, with a follow-up to Walking The Nile, a full series of Kudos comedy Flowers and an adaptation of children’s book We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
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NewsIndus wins clutch of C4 docs
Indus Films is to investigate the world of luxury interior design as one of three Channel 4 documentaries.
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NewsBlast! uses ‘micro-rigs’ to capture Chester Zoo for C4
Blast! Films will use “micro-rig” filming techniques to capture animal behaviour at Chester Zoo for a Channel 4 documentary series.
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NewsBritespark, Popkorn & Twofour land First Cut films
Channel 4 has unveiled its latest slate of First Cut documentaries with BriteSpark Films, Popkorn TV & Twofour winning business from the strand.
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NewsC4 prepares The Island celebrity special
Channel 4 is lining up a celebrity version of The Island with Bear Grylls as part of next year’s Stand Up 2 Cancer event.
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NewsC4 piloting Shorts on Android
Channel 4 is piloting some short-form content via its All 4 Android app to test audience interest before rolling out wider.
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NewsThe Word: the show that shook up TV
A quarter of a century ago, C4 ushered in a new era of reality TV and unknowingly launched the careers of a generation of producers and executives. Peter White looks back at The Word
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News‘Fear’ stifling edgy formats
The Word alumni claim creative risks are few and far between in British entertainment formats
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NewsHumans creator lifts lid on slate
The Scandinavian indie behind the series that Kudos remade as Channel 4’s ratings smash Humans is lining up its first English- language project.
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NewsC4 invests in sports indie
Channel 4’s latest Growth Fund indie investment is in a sports production company established by Sunil Patel, BT Sport presenter Jake Humphrey and ex-Formula One driver David Coulthard.
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NewsChannel 4 Shorts strategy revealed
Channel 4 digital chief Richard Davidson-Houston has lifted the lid on the broadcaster’s burgeoning short-form content strategy after it spent around £1m in its first year.