All More4 articles – Page 17
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Commissioner's Q & A: Katie Speight
More4's editor is already getting excited by the programmes in development for this year's launch night, but she is still looking for some landmark event pieces to fill up next year's schedules
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Man with a plan
Andy Duncan had his doubters when he took over as Channel 4 chief, but a year on he can point to groundbreaking programmes, a more ambitious multichannel strategy and greater profitability. But can he provide the kind of inspirational leadership that the likes of Isaacs and Grade could? By James ...
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NewsC4 unveils£188m for buying spree
Channel 4 has amassed a war chest of£188m and plans to use the bulk of it to fund a buying spree of other companies.
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NewsBumper profits for Channel 4
Channel 4's profits soared last year to£46m thanks to record advertising revenues and a threefold rise in operating profits from 4 Ventures, its commercial arm.
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NewsC4 buys feted Hitler biopic
Channel 4 has boosted its line-up for its soon-to-launch digital channel More4 by snapping up the first-run rights to celebrated German film Downfall.
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Channel 4 hires Jamie producer for docs role
Channel 4 has handed the series producer of its hard-hitting Jamie's School Dinnersprogramme a factual commissioning job.
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C4 lures BBC executive for More4 service
Channel 4 has poached a BBC executive to join the commissioning team for its upcoming free-to-air digital service More4.
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E4 to launch on Freeview in May
Channel 4 is set to launch digital entertainment channel E4 as a free-to-air service on the Freeview platform next month.
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NewsE4 launches on Freeview next month
Channel 4 is set to launch digital entertainment channel E4 as a free-to-air service on the Freeview platform next month.
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C4 assigns more money to More4
Channel 4 has increased the annual programming budget for its new free-to-air digital service More4 from£30m to£3...
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C4 poaches Ford to head acquisitions
Jeff Ford, Five's managing editor and director of acquisitions, has been poached by Channel 4 to replace controller...
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C4 ends Discovery deal
Discovery's co-production and output deal with Channel 4 for first-look multichannel rights to factual and lifestyle hits, such as Property Ladder, has ended and will not be renewed.
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NewsFive acquisitions head joins C4
June Dromgoole is retiring as head of acquisitions for Channel 4 and will be replaced by Five's managing editor and director of acquisitions Jeff Ford.
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NewsMore4 to premiere West Wing
The West Wing, the cult US White House drama, is to be given a regular peaktime slot on Channel 4's forthcoming digital channel More4.
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NewsC4 loosens hold on indies' rights
Channel 4 has redrawn its programme rights policy to allow indies to take their shows to multichannel operators six months after transmission.
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C4 to launch free docs platform
Channel 4 is set to launch a broadband platform for budding documentary-makers as part of chief executive Andy Duncan's commitment to new media.
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Indies to benefit from More4 cash
Channel 4's new digital free-to-air service, More4, is set to commission over half its content from indies when it launches in October.
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NewsE4 gets new chief and£20m boost
Channel 4 is set to pump an extra£20m into its digital entertainment service E4 and has appointed Julian Bellamy to run it.
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NewsDetailing Ofcom's vision
In a paper entitled Competition for Quality, Ofcom this week published its phase three report into the future of public service television as the move towards digital switchover renders the old PSB model extinct. Conor Dignam looks at the recommendations and their impact.
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Bidding war erupts over Freeview slot.
A bidding war is set to kick off with broadcasters preparing to offer up to£5m