Channel 4 Television
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 […]
Apr 19 2016
Ofcom today announced that MT Rainey has been appointed as the Deputy Chairman of Channel 4. She is already a non-executive of the Channel 4 Board, having joined in January 2012, and will take on the new role with immediate effect. MT (Mary Teresa) Rainey was previously Founding Partner of advertising agency Rainey Kelly Campbell […]
Mar 10 2016
Channel 4 is moving forward with plans to launch its new on-demand service for foreign-language drama, Walter Presents, outside of the UK. Speaking at Enders Analysis’ Media & Telecoms conference in London this week, Channel 4 CEO David Abraham said the broadcaster is “now in talks with potential international partners” about a wider rollout of […]
Mar 8 2016
Channel 4 has unveiled its presenting team for the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship which celebrates the diversity of motor racing and includes some of the biggest legends in Formula 1. The line-up includes experienced drivers David Coulthard, Mark Webber, Alain Prost, Alex Zanardi, Susie Wolff, Karun Chandhok, Eddie Jordan and Bruno Senna; alongside […]
Mar 7 2016
Danny Carvalho is to join Channel 4’s Factual Entertainment and Entertainment department as Commissioning Editor for Factual Entertainment. Carvalho will report to Liam Humphreys, head of the Factual Entertainment and Entertainment teams at the channel. He replaces Rich Evans who recently left the department. Carvalho’s appointment to Factual Entertainment and Entertainment follows a maternity cover […]
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New Board appointment for Channel 4
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Aug 22 2016
Channel 4 cancels Deal or No Deal
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 […]
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By Expat • Channel 4, UK Media News