All Channel 4 articles – Page 258
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NewsApple ditches C4 Education’s Sweatshop app
Apple has removed the Channel 4 Education-funded mobile game Sweatshop from its App Store after claiming it was “uncomfortable” with the game’s themes.
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NewsE4 orders drama from The Fades writer
Eleven Films has snapped up the services of The Fades writer Jack Thorne for its first commission since striking a first look deal with Entertainment One.
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Behind The ScenesTrue Stories: Dogging Tales, C4
It wasn’t too difficult to find people who enjoyed going dogging, says Leo Maguire. But persuading them to appear on camera was another matter
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NewsVice strikes first 4Music series deal
4Music is planning to kick off a late night strand following its acquisition of a “sex, drugs and rock & roll” series from multiplatform publisher Vice.
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NewsUniversal Music label launches channel
Universal Music-owned record label All Around The World is launching a music television channel Planet Pop, which will be run by former Channel 4 executive Simon Sadler.
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RatingsYoungers draws 450,000 to E4
E4’s new drama set on a south London housing estate Youngers pulled in an above average audience of 450,000 as the channel tested debuting an original show in the early evening slot.
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NewsC4 hails diverse drama slate
Channel 4 has unveiled one of its broadest drama slates in years, with head of drama Piers Wenger hailing the selection of strong authored perspectives behind very different pieces of work.
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NewsC4 unveils Grand National trailer
Channel 4 has unveiled its trailer for the Grand National as it prepares to air the iconic race for the first time.
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NewsC4's Raphael exits to Dragonfly
Channel 4 documentaries commissioner Mark Raphael is leaving the broadcaster to join Dragonfly Film and Television.
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NewsC4 to dedicate season of shows to Ramadan
Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, will be marked in a season of programming designed to lift the lid on the experience for Channel 4 viewers.
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NewsC4 snaps up French zombie drama
Channel 4 is to air its first fully subtitled drama in 20 years after it acquired French zombie drama Les Revanants (Rebound) from Zodiak Rights.
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NewsChannel 4 to return to Utopia
Channel 4 drama Utopia has shrugged off below-average ratings to win a recommission - but is also being investigated by Ofcom over the treatment of its child actors.
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NewsC4's George Dixon moves to RTÉ One
George Dixon, Channel 4 scheduling boss and chief creative officer Jay Hunt’s right hand man, is moving to Ireland to head up RTÉ One.
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RatingsCrufts is top dog for C4
My childhood companion was a dog called Dougal. On long postschool walks, one of us would always walk through the muddy puddle, and sometimes it was him. We Brits love our dogs, as More 4 finds out with each passing year.
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NewsC4 tests more daytime formats
Channel 4 is continuing to trial new daytime ideas with a pilot from Wild Rover and a Superscrimpers spin-off series from Remarkable Television.
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NewsC4 to tell Stephen Hawking's life story
The first TV autobiography of Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s most famous scientists, is set to be broadcast on Channel 4.
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NewsC4 News gives birth to data baby
Channel 4 News has launched an experimental online identity designed to explore how businesses exploit consumer data.
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NewsHearing reignites BBC and Sky fees debate
A select committee hearing has reignited the debate over Sky retransmission fees, with BBC strategy director John Tate claiming it is “insulting” to compare content with a commodity.
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NewsC4 plans report on concerns
Indie advocate Stuart Cosgrove fleshes out proposal to engage with production community
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CommentC4: trust your producers and we’ll make great TV
Unless indies are left to innovate, its audience will end up migrating