Latest Channel 4 News – Page 153
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NewsChannel 4 to replenish Growth Fund
Channel 4’s Growth Fund is primed to be extended beyond its initial £20m investment pot and is expected to deliver its first return within 12 months.
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NewsITV in fresh bid to claim retrans fees
ITV is to attempt to claim retransmission fees from pay-TV operators for broadcasting its channels after the government closed a legal loophole.
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NewsC4 puts a stop to Benefits Street
Love Productions’ controversial factual format Benefits Street will not return to Channel 4.
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NewsThree Day Nanny returns to C4
Liberty Bell’s Three Day Nanny is returning to Channel 4 for a third 6 x 60-minute series later this year.
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NewsBoomerang scores Paralympic programming
Boomerang has been commissioned to produce key Paralympic coverage in the run up to Rio 2016.
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NewsE4 greenlights stage school reality series
E4 has ordered a long-running structured reality series described as “the real life Glee”.
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NewsWindfall wins C4 property commission
Channel 4 will follow families swapping land-locked properties for waterside homes in a new daytime property commission.
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NewsC4 orders extreme sports disability show
A group of disabled people are set to take on bungee jumping, sky diving and waterskiing in a one-off special for Channel 4.
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NewsE4 triumphs at Digital Awards for second time
E4 has been named Channel of the Year at the Broadcast Digital Awards for the second year running.
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NewsPuttnam: Don't privatise C4
Channel 4 should not be privatised in full or in part, says former deputy chair Lord Puttnam.
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NewsPiers Wenger appointed BBC head of drama
Channel 4 head of drama Piers Wenger has been appointed BBC director of drama commissioning after four years at the ad-supported broadcaster.
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NewsAbraham: 'C4 is ready for EU fallout'
Channel 4 is prepared for the “complex and unchartered” implications of the UK’s vote to leave the EU, according to chief executive David Abraham.
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NewsC4 in director diversity push
Channel 4 has ramped up its diversity initiative by joining forces with the National Film and Television School to fund three bursary schemes for diverse applicants.
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NewsMaggie Brown plans follow up to C4 book
Journalist Maggie Brown is to write a second volume of her history of Channel 4, which will kick off with the decision to drop Big Brother.
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NewsC4 training scheme focuses on diversity
Channel 4 will only accept individuals who are disabled or from a BAME or socially-disadvantaged background onto its production training scheme next year to improve industry diversity.
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NewsC4 docs to dig up British history
Palaeobiologist Tori Herridge is to front two Channel 4 natural history formats from different producers.
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NewsC4 plans Grease-style prom night
Channel 4 is to host a 50s-themed live entertainment evening in which Alan Carr will present a screening of classic musical Grease and a live Rydell High-styled dance event.
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NewsC4 bulks up entertainment slate
Channel 4 is locking up seven strangers in a room for the chance to win £10,000 in a new Monkey-produced daytime quiz, while E4 has tasked DJ Charlie Sloth to find the perfect housemate.
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NewsC4 greenlights nine Cutting Edge docs
A raft of new films have been green-lit for Channel 4’s documentary strand Cutting Edge.
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NewsDiscovery eyes C4 in UK push
Discovery will be in the queue of potential suitors for a privatised Channel 4, as the US broadcasting giant looks to build its presence in the UK.