Latest Channel 4 News – Page 235
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NewsMPs urge more transparency from C4
MPs have voiced more concerns about Channel 4’s transparency and accountability in fulfilling its public service remit - and reacted to the broadcaster’s handling of the Frankie Boyle controversy.
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NewsC4's Bank Job passes 2m plays
Channel 4’s online game supporting forthcoming show The Bank Job has been played more than 2 million times since it launched earlier this month.
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NewsC4 lines-up two Alternative Christmas Messages
Channel 4 is to broadcast two alternatives to the Queen’s Christmas Day speech for the first time.
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NewsC4's Lord Burns takes second term as chairman
Lord Burns has accepted a second term as chairman of Channel 4 and former BBC news chief Tony Hall has been named his deputy.
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NewsRicky Gervais working on C4 pilot
Ricky Gervais is working on his first sitcom pilot for Channel 4 in which he plays a “confused” worker at a retirement home.
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NewsC4 unveils online news quiz
Channel 4 is to launch an online current affairs quiz to accompany a round-up of the year with Jon Snow.
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NewsTom Clarke made C4 News science editor
Channel 4 News’ science correspondent, Tom Clarke, has been appointed as the programme’s first science editor.
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C4's Home for The Holidays gets online series
Channel 4’s live stripped entertainment programme, Home For The Holidays, is the latest programme to get a live online spin-off series.
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NewsC4 orders more Deal or No Deal
Channel 4 daytime gameshow Deal or No Deal will return for an eighth series in 2012.
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NewsAxed BBC shows win at British Comedy Awards
Recently axed BBC2 comedies Shooting Stars and Psychoville had the last laugh at the British Comedy Awards picking up three prizes between them.
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NewsC4 appoints Colin Macdonald as games commissioner
Colin Macdonald, who worked previously for the company that developed Grand Theft Auto, has joined Channel 4 as the first ever games commissioner.
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NewsC4 signs exclusive deal with Micky Flanagan
Channel 4 has sealed an exclusive one-year deal with comedian Micky Flanagan and his first project will be the Mad Bad Ad Show.
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NewsGreat British Property Scandal hits 100k signatures
The Great British Property Scandal, Channel 4’s latest campaign, has attracted 100,000 signatures to a petition calling for measures to get empty homes back into use.
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NewsC4 orders fourth Misfits series
Clerkenwell Films has started development on a fourth series of superhero drama Misfits after getting the green light from Channel 4.
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NewsC4 reveals digital demographic groups
The Channel 4 online department has identified eight “personas” for the broadcasters digital audience that suppliers should keep in mind when pitching ideas.
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NewsC4 cuts back on Unreported World
Channel 4’s flagship international current affairs strand, Unreported World, will be reduced by 20% in 2012.
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NewsLucky Day wins trio of orders
Lucky Day has secured three orders from the BBC and Channel 4, comprising one children’s series and two daytime shows.
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NewsC4 announces multiplatform tour
Channel 4 will hold 30 multiplatform events across the country in a drive to attract new ideas and has committed to a training scheme during 2012 - an initiative titled Fuel 4.
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NewsC4's Bank Job scores 1.7m plays
The online game to recruit players for Channel 4 game show The Bank Job has been played 1.7m times in a week.
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NewsRude Tube gets festive makeover
October Films is producing a Christmas special of clip show Rude Tube for Channel 4.