More Channel 4 News – Page 191
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NewsCreative industries fund 300 BAME interns
300 black and Asian minority ethnic (BAME) youngsters are to secure internships in the creative industries after the government pledged £4m to boost diversity.
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NewsCreative skills fund set for £37m boost
Businesses from the creative sector are to plough £17m into skills training, boosting the UK’s total investment pot to £37m.
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NewsGordon Ramsay’s final Kitchen Nightmares cooks up sales
Gordon Ramsay’s final Kitchen Nightmares series has been pre-sold to 110 territories ahead of its Channel 4 TX later this year.
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NewsC4 forced to defend Utopia opener
Channel 4 has defended Kudos Film & Television’s controversial drama Utopia after it was criticised for dramatising the murder of Tory MP Airey Neave.
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NewsThe Garden observes London dogs for C4
The Garden Productions is to make an ob-doc about London’s dogs for Channel 4’s First Cut strand.
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NewsLove Productions to visit Immigration Street for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned Immigration Street from Love Productions in addition to the indie working to deliver series two of Benefits Street.
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NewsLord Burns sounds note of caution over BBC plans
Channel 4 chairman Lord Burns has voiced concerns about the future of the indie sector and the licence fee following Tony Hall’s plans to scrap BBC quotas.
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NewsCDN set for investment boost
The TV industry is planning to bolster its investment in the Creative Diversity Network (CDN) to supercharge its impact in helping the sector reflect modern Britain.
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NewsC4 strengthens summer schedule with para-sport
Channel 4 has scored the rights to four para-sport events this summer following its coverage of the Sochi Winter Paralympics.
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NewsPearl promoted to C4 news deputy
Dispatches editor Daniel Pearl has been promoted to Channel 4’s deputy head of news and current affairs.
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NewsC4 in talks with All3 indies after buyout
Channel 4 is preparing to negotiate new terms of trade with All3Media indies after the group’s owner Permira struck a deal to sell it to Discovery Communications and Liberty Global in May.
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NewsC4’s Hunt outlines ambitions
Channel 4 is preparing to experiment in daytime as it bids to shore up its share of viewing in the face of strong competition from BBC1.
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NewsAbraham: Growth Fund profits pumped back into programming
David Abraham has underlined Channel 4’s plans to plough revenue generated from its indie Growth Fund plan back into programming.
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NewsRory Bremner calls for political risk taking
Rory Bremner has accused the BBC and other broadcasters of being scared to take risks on new political satire shows for fear of offending politicians.
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NewsOfcom investigates ITV binge drinking doc
Ofcom has launched an investigation into ITV’s Tonight: Britain’s Young Drinkers after the broadcaster picked up the bar tab for students featured in the documentary.
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NewsBenefits Street cleared by Ofcom
Channel 4’s controversial welfare series Benefits Street has been cleared of all wrongdoing in a comprehensive Ofcom ruling.
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NewsC4 unveils first online shorts
Monkey Kingdom, The Connected Set and Lemonade Money are among the first indies to win business from Channel 4’s short-form content platform.
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NewsC4 commissioner joins London Live to push original content
London Live has appointed C4 commissioner Katie Boyd as part of a substantial original content push across factual entertainment and features.
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NewsC4 pilots Christian Jessen format
C4 is piloting a fresh Dr Christian Jessen format, pitting two overweight people against each other in a weight-loss challenge.
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NewsHunt 'devastated' by young women leaving television
Jay Hunt has made a plea for young women to persevere in the television industry, adding that she was “devastated” by the number leaving the sector.