Channel 4 Television
Sep 27 2016
The BBC has called for greater content regulation to be imposed on Channel 4, in the wake of its coup in taking the rights to the Great British Bake Off. At the RTS London Conference this afternoon, the BBC’s director of strategy and education, James Purnell, launched an outright attack on Channel 4, claiming that […]
Sep 15 2016
Channel 4 has today announced that it will bolster its Nations and Region team with the appointment of a new executive and the expansion of the role of its N&R manager. Channel 4’s N&R Manager, Ian Mackenzie, has appointed Deborah Dunnett from Scottish independent production company Raise the Roof to the newly created role of […]
Aug 26 2016
Channel 4 has been named channel of the year at a television industry awards ceremony. It was one of seven prizes for the network at Wednesday evening’s Broadcast Awards. Catastrophe picked up best comedy programme while The Paedophile Hunter was named best documentary. The Broadcast judges said Channel 4’s output was “at its strongest since [chief […]
Aug 22 2016
Channel 4 will end its long-running gameshow Deal or No Deal at the end of the year. The show, from Endemol UK-owned Remarkable Television and created by Dick de Rijk, will have its final run on UK television this autumn after almost 3,000 episodes. The programme was created by Endemol Netherlands in 2001 and has been […]
Aug 11 2016
Dial Square 86 Limited, the holding company for The RightsXchange Limited (“TRX”), has announced today that Sky and Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund have invested in the company’s latest financing round, which will raise up to £5.2m for TRX. TRX is a new global online deal-making tool that enables TV rights buyers and sellers from […]
Aug 3 2016
Channel 4 is to air a Hebrew-language drama after picking up an Israeli romantic comedy from Keshet International. The first episode of The Baker & The Beauty will air on Channel 4 during August. The Baker and the Beauty is a romantic comedy that follows the impossible love story between a simple baker and an international […]
Jul 11 2016
UK public service broadcaster Channel 4’s output in news, film production, and diversity could be damaged by Channel 4, according to a report from a cross-bench Committee of Parliament’s upper chamber. The Communications Committee urges the Government not to pursue any plans to sell the channel, saying that the risks of privatisation outweigh the benefits. […]
Jul 6 2016
ITV and Channel 4 have been told they should not expect payment from operators such as Virgin Media and Sky for carrying their channels, despite the government closing a legal loophole that had previously prevented charging retransmission fees. The law was introduced in the 1980s to encourage the growth of the cable-TV industry, but the […]
Jun 21 2016
Channel 4 has made its fourth deal from its Commercial Growth Fund, striking an airtime-for-equity arrangement with digital magazine newsstand, Readly. As part of the new seven-figure partnership, Readly will be able to launch its first ever TV advertising campaign in return for the broadcaster taking a minority equity stake in the all-you-can-read digital newsstand […]
Jun 3 2016
Discovery is still interested in buying a stake in Channel 4, despite the UK government backing off plans to privatise the channel. David Zaslav, CEO of Discovery, said the company was still interested in a potential deal if it could be given freedom to run less public service broadcasting content. Zaslav said it is in […]
May 10 2016
Channel 4’s main channel audience share increased last year and its public service remit delivery metrics were at their highest ever level as the corporation invested record amounts in original television, film and digital content funded by record commercial and digital revenues. The company’s 2015 Annual Report outlines that Channel 4 spent a record £629 […]
Nov 14 2016
4Music appeared free-to-air on satellite today
4Music has been spotted testing free-to-air on satellite today. The channel is one of the last major Freeview channels that is not available as a free-to-air channel on satellite and its conversion into a free-to-air service is long awaited by music lovers. Its sister channels, including The Box, went free-to-air on satellite three and half […]
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By Expat • Channel 4, Music • • Tags: 4Music, free-to-air