Latest Channel 4 News – Page 178
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NewsRetransmission fees and terms of trade part of Ofcom review
Ofcom has fired the starting gun on a consultation into retransmission fees and a shake-up of the terms of trade as part of its public service broadcasting review.
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NewsCoba: ITV receives £87m PSB benefit
ITV’s public service broadcaster status is worth at least £87m, according to a Commercial Broadcasters Association (Coba) report published to coincide with the launch of Ofcom’s PSB review.
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NewsSex, crime and self-harm feature in raft of C4 docs
Self-harm, child sex offenders and Europe’s largest brothel will be explored in six Channel 4 docs from the commissioner behind The Paedophile Hunter.
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NewsSnowman & Snowdog takes off as paid-for game
Channel 4 is releasing a third version of The Snowman and Snowdog game which will require users to pay to download it for the first time.
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NewsGuy Martin short films race onto Channel 4
Guy Martin’s Passion For Life has become the first show from Channel 4’s online Shorts platform to make the leap onto linear television.
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NewsKudos lands Channel 4 comedy pilot
Broadchurch actress Olivia Coleman will feature in a Channel 4 comedy pilot from Kudos Film & Television to be penned and directed by Bafta-nominated Will Sharpe.
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NewsC4: retrans fees worth £200m to commercial PSBs
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has claimed that securing retransmission fees from pay-TV platforms could be worth up to £200m each year to commercial PSBs.
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NewsToast of London to return for third outing
Channel 4 has commissioned a third series of Objective Productions’ comedy Toast of London.
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NewsEducating… heads to Cardiff
Channel 4’s Educating… strand is to leave England for the first time with a fourth series set in the Welsh capital city.
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NewsClare Balding signs two year deal with C4
Clare Balding will anchor the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio but scale back her horse racing duties after signing a two-year deal with Channel 4.
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NewsC4 picks up US yo yo doc
Channel 4 has acquired feature length yo yo documentary World on a String from nascent distributor Scorpion TV.
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NewsC4 travels to Skeg Vegas
Channel 4 is to visit the seaside town of Skegness in a doc from Swan Films, the production company behind Grayson Perry: Who Are You?
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NewsAlaska delivers Domino's to Channel 4
Alaska TV is to deliver an ob-doc about pizza chain Domino’s to Channel 4.
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NewsC4 launches distribution website
Channel 4 has digitised its distribution division to bolster its programme sales arm.
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NewsC4 plans online One Born Every Minute spin-off
Dragonfly is to deliver an online spin-off of One Born Every Minute for Channel 4’s Shorts platform next spring.
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NewsOfcom taken to court over complaint handling process
Ofcom may be forced to alter its TV complaint handling process after being accused of treating broadcasters more favourably than the public.
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NewsHollyoaks launches game app
Hollyoaks has become the first UK soap to launch an app-based game as it attempts to build on its online interaction with its audience.
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NewsE4 orders more Virtually Famous
Viral content panel show Virtually Famous will return for two more series for E4.
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NewsC4 drafts in duo for indie push
Former BBC Productions chief creative officer Pat Younge and ex-Boom Pictures boss Lorraine Heggessey are to help Channel 4 ramp up its indie investment push.
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NewsC4 and BBC1 lead battle for Broadcast Awards
Channel 4 and BBC1 lead the nominations for the Broadcast Awards 2015 after being shortlisted in multiple categories, including Channel of the Year.