All Channel 4 articles – Page 331

  • Maths
    News

    C4 asks: are you smarter than an 11-year-old?

    2010-02-10T09:27:00Z

    Channel 4 plans to test the nation’s mathematics skills with a web game tied into a forthcoming edition of Dispatches.

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    News

    C4 site to share birth stories

    2010-02-09T12:56:00Z

    Channel 4 has launched a site featuring video feeds from 40 cameras fixed within maternity wards to support documentary series One Born Every Minute.

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    News

    C4 to offer viewers a third Gok fix

    2010-02-09T09:36:00Z

    Gok Wan is to re-team with fashion buyer Brix Smith-Start for a third series of Channel 4 series Gok’s Fashion Fix.

  • The Jacksons are Coming
    News

    C4 failed to curb reporting of libel case

    2010-02-05T12:30:00Z

    Channel 4 and Studio Lambert unsuccessfully tried to secure an injunction to prevent reporting of a hearing into a libel action brought against a documentary, it has emerged.

  • Gordon’s Great Escape
    News

    Ramsay takes flak over C4 India series

    2010-02-05T10:02:00Z

    Channel 4’s Indian Winter season of programmes has split viewers, with almost 200 viewers weighing in to criticise the broadcaster’s decision to dispatch Gordon Ramsay and Kevin McCloud to report on the country.

  • Kevin Lygo
    News

    Lygo tells C4 staff: I’m staying put

    2010-02-04T07:00:00Z

    Channel 4 director of television and content Kevin Lygo has told commissioners that he’s going nowhere - and criticised them for not watching enough of the broadcaster’s shows.

  • One Born Every Minute
    Behind The Scenes

    One Born Every Minute, C4

    2010-02-04T07:00:00Z

    The use of a multi-camera rig proved inspired with The Family, but would it work in a more dramatic environment, asks Magnus Temple.

  • Channel 4
    News

    C4 lines up live game show and real-life soap

    2010-02-01T10:29:00Z

    C4 is eyeing up a live game show in which contestants compete to hold on to £1m in cash and a real-time ob-doc series filmed in Notting Hill as potential returning shows to fill the gap left by Big Brother.

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    News

    SeeSaw signs broadcaster and indie deals

    2010-01-29T11:55:00Z

    Broadcasters Channel 4 and Five, plus indies Talkback Thames and Shed Media, have joined Arqiva’s video-on-demand service SeeSaw.

  • The Jacksons Are Coming
    News

    C4 facing £1m libel action

    2010-01-29T10:24:00Z

    A martial arts expert from Barnstaple who featured in a Channel 4 documentary following the family of Michael Jackson as they planned a move to Devon has begun libel action against the broadcaster.

  • Haiti earthquake
    News

    C4 orders Haiti doc

    2010-01-29T10:18:00Z

    Pioneer Productions is making a fast-turnaround doc for Channel 4 on the scientific causes of the Haiti earthquake.

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    News

    Ugly Betty axed

    2010-01-28T09:43:00Z

    US network ABC has axed comedy-drama Ugly Betty after four series.

  • Going Back
    News

    Second generation Going Back to their roots on C4

    2010-01-28T09:29:00Z

    Channel 4 is to take three second-generation immigrant families back to their forefathers’ homelands to see if life is better there than in recession-hit Britain.

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    News

    Betty secures C4 order for glitzy wedding show

    2010-01-28T09:10:00Z

    Country House Rescue indie Betty has won an order for a Channel 4 format that will bring Las Vegas-style weddings to the UK.

  • Kevin Lygo
    News

    C4 execs nervous of losing Lygo

    2010-01-28T08:34:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioners could start a “revolution” out of loyalty to Kevin Lygo if he leaves the broadcaster, insiders have predicted.

  • David Abraham
    News

    Abraham ready to shake up Channel 4

    2010-01-28T08:27:00Z

    Incoming Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham is prepared to take brave decisions - and shake up his programming team if he feels it is required.

  • Luke Johnson
    News

    Johnson cuts ties with C4

    2010-01-27T09:49:00Z

    Departing Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has described his time at the broadcaster as “among the most rich and rewarding experiences of my career”.

  • SeeSaw
    News

    SeeSaw eyes March launch as beta goes live

    2010-01-26T10:11:00Z

    SeeSaw is gearing up to enter the UK VoD market in March and will attempt to build momentum with a major TV ad campaign.

  • C4
    News

    Industry hails Abraham hiring as "inspiring"

    2010-01-22T14:04:00Z

    David Abraham is an “inspiring” choice for the Channel 4 chief executive role whose commercial background should not be confused for a lack of editorial nous, industry figures have claimed - but does he have the PSB credentials?

  • David Abraham
    News

    Abraham set for £490,000 salary at C4

    2010-01-22T13:04:00Z

    David Abraham will earn £490,000 a year as chief executive of Channel 4, £180,000 less than Andy Duncan’s salary at its peak.