All Channel 4 articles – Page 238

  • Nigel Farage (credit: Alamy)
    News

    Ukip to petition Ofcom for major party status

    2014-05-29T07:51:00Z

    Ukip has pledged to “campaign hard” to convince Ofcom its major party status should be extended for the 2015 general election.

  • Toast of London
    News

    C4 shores up comedy team

    2014-05-29T07:12:00Z

    Channel 4 has beefed up its comedy commissioning team in an effort to improve indie relations by “significantly” reducing pitch response times.

  • Clic
    News

    S4C in Facebook launch

    2014-05-28T12:56:00Z

    S4C has launched a Facebook app that will allow users to watch its programming without leaving the social networking site.

  • The-Complainers
    Ratings

    The Complainers rings up 1m

    2014-05-28T10:26:00Z

    Channel 4’s three-part doc The Complainers failed to muster a huge crowd on Tuesday – only narrowly outperforming the finale of The Mentalist on Channel 5.

  • Richard III
    News

    Richard III reinterment to air live on C4

    2014-05-23T13:05:00Z

    Channel 4 is to broadcast the reburial of Richard III live from Leicester Cathedral after the former King’s descendants lost a High Court battle to have him laid to rest in York.

  • The Island
    News

    C4 heads back to The Island

    2014-05-23T12:37:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of survival show The Island with Bear Grylls, although it is yet to decide if it will return as an all-male format.

  • Agent Carter
    News

    LA Screenings: drama to wow buyers

    2014-05-22T12:01:00Z

    British buyers have spent the past week in the Californian sunshine assessing a new season of US shows that has a heavy emphasis on drama.

  • Weekend Kitchen
    News

    C4 set to match brands with indies to boost AFP

    2014-05-22T07:54:00Z

    Channel 4 is gearing up to help match indies with commercial partners in a bid to create more ad-funded programming (AFP) for television and online.

  • Election debate
    News

    Online plan for 2015 election

    2014-05-22T07:38:00Z

    The BBC, ITV and Sky will need to be “more innovative” in their approach to the 2015 General Election debates, experts have claimed, after a bid last week to host one of the events online.

  • David Abraham
    News

    David Abraham to deliver MacTaggart

    2014-05-21T13:08:00Z

    Channel 4’s David Abraham is to deliver the keynote MacTaggart Lecture at this year’s Edinburgh International Television Festival.

  • A Place in the Sun
    News

    C4 reshuffles distribution team

    2014-05-21T10:24:00Z

    Channel 4 has overhauled its channel distribution division with the merger of its linear channels, VoD services and programmes teams.

  • C4 Born Risky
    Video

    VIDEO: Born Risky, C4

    2014-05-20T15:15:00Z

    Click to view the latest video in Channel 4’s Born Risky campaign - designed to highlight the broadcaster’s creative risk taking.

  • Broadcast Digital Awards
    News

    Broadcast Digital Awards 2014 – shortlist revealed

    2014-05-20T12:30:00Z

    The complete shortlist for the Broadcast Digital Awards 2014 has been revealed ahead of next month’s ceremony.

  • The Island
    Ratings

    The Island grows audience to 2.5m

    2014-05-20T10:28:00Z

    The Island with Bear Grylls grew its audience for a second consecutive week on Monday, securing third place in the key 9pm battleground.

  • Liz Lewin
    News

    Lewin added to C4 comedy team

    2014-05-20T09:31:00Z

    Channel 4 has appointed Liz Lewin to its comedy commissioning team as deputy head of comedy Nerys Evans takes her maternity leave.

  • Kate Quilton
    News

    Kate Quilton steps down from C4 digital role

    2014-05-19T13:24:00Z

    C4 is on the hunt for a new multiplatform commissioner after Kate Quilton stepped down from the position to pursue a full-time career in presenting.

  • Complicit
    News

    Bafta 2014: the mainstream and the leftfield

    2014-05-19T11:15:00Z

    Bafta 2014 was an enjoyable mix of mainstream success for ITV and less heralded programmes doing the business, most noticeably for Channel 4 and Sky.

  • Broadchurch
    News

    Broadchurch wins big at Baftas

    2014-05-19T07:06:00Z

    Broadchurch was the big winner at the Bafta Television Awards, on a tough night for the BBC.

  • Jon Richardson
    News

    C4 sends Jon Richardson on road trip

    2014-05-16T09:46:00Z

    Channel 4 is sending comedian Jon Richardson on the road to discover what is takes to be a ‘happy adult’ for its latest order from Open Mike Productions.

  • A Very British Storm Junkie
    News

    C4 training scheme offers Cutting Edge prize

    2014-05-15T07:47:00Z

    Channel 4 is to give an aspiring documentary-maker the opportunity to direct a Cutting Edge film as part of a wider training scheme launching in September.