Latest Channel 4 News – Page 193
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NewsC4 shores up comedy team
Channel 4 has beefed up its comedy commissioning team in an effort to improve indie relations by “significantly” reducing pitch response times.
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NewsS4C in Facebook launch
S4C has launched a Facebook app that will allow users to watch its programming without leaving the social networking site.
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NewsRichard III reinterment to air live on C4
Channel 4 is to broadcast the reburial of Richard III live from Leicester Cathedral after the former King’s descendants lost a High Court battle to have him laid to rest in York.
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NewsC4 heads back to The Island
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of survival show The Island with Bear Grylls, although it is yet to decide if it will return as an all-male format.
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NewsLA Screenings: drama to wow buyers
British buyers have spent the past week in the Californian sunshine assessing a new season of US shows that has a heavy emphasis on drama.
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NewsC4 set to match brands with indies to boost AFP
Channel 4 is gearing up to help match indies with commercial partners in a bid to create more ad-funded programming (AFP) for television and online.
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NewsOnline plan for 2015 election
The BBC, ITV and Sky will need to be “more innovative” in their approach to the 2015 General Election debates, experts have claimed, after a bid last week to host one of the events online.
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NewsDavid Abraham to deliver MacTaggart
Channel 4’s David Abraham is to deliver the keynote MacTaggart Lecture at this year’s Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsC4 reshuffles distribution team
Channel 4 has overhauled its channel distribution division with the merger of its linear channels, VoD services and programmes teams.
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NewsBroadcast Digital Awards 2014 – shortlist revealed
The complete shortlist for the Broadcast Digital Awards 2014 has been revealed ahead of next month’s ceremony.
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NewsLewin added to C4 comedy team
Channel 4 has appointed Liz Lewin to its comedy commissioning team as deputy head of comedy Nerys Evans takes her maternity leave.
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NewsKate Quilton steps down from C4 digital role
C4 is on the hunt for a new multiplatform commissioner after Kate Quilton stepped down from the position to pursue a full-time career in presenting.
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NewsBafta 2014: the mainstream and the leftfield
Bafta 2014 was an enjoyable mix of mainstream success for ITV and less heralded programmes doing the business, most noticeably for Channel 4 and Sky.
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NewsBroadchurch wins big at Baftas
Broadchurch was the big winner at the Bafta Television Awards, on a tough night for the BBC.
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NewsC4 sends Jon Richardson on road trip
Channel 4 is sending comedian Jon Richardson on the road to discover what is takes to be a ‘happy adult’ for its latest order from Open Mike Productions.
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NewsC4 training scheme offers Cutting Edge prize
Channel 4 is to give an aspiring documentary-maker the opportunity to direct a Cutting Edge film as part of a wider training scheme launching in September.
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NewsSundance backs Danny Boyle's Babylon
US network Sundance TV has come on board Danny Boyle’s Channel 4 comedy drama Babylon.
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NewsC4 sets up commercial development team
Channel 4 is creating a new commercial development team headed up by Channel 5 exec Emma Derrick.
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NewsC4 launches research panel
Channel 4 is to create Core4, an audience panel that will allow viewers to share insights on the channel and its programming.
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NewsJay Hunt: The Island is not sexist
Jay Hunt has hit back at claims that male-only survival show The Island with Bear Grylls is “inherently sexist”.