Latest Channel 4 News – Page 208
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NewsLoveLive wins Random Acts order
A 22 piece all-girl choir will feature in the first of five new episodes for Channel 4 art strand, Random Acts, being produced by LoveLive production arm Rockfeedback.
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NewsC4 plans ginger hair doc
BBC3 courted controversy in 2007 with its attention grabbing documentary F**k Off, I’m Ginger and now Channel 4 is planning its own film on men with red hair.
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NewsWhat Happens in Kavos returns for series two
What Happens in Kavos is to return to Channel 4 for an extended second run.
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NewsSky in PSB carriage fees stand-off
BSkyB is refusing to give up the battle over retransmission fees despite culture minister Ed Vaizey stating this week that the pay-TV giant must drop them for public service broadcasters.
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NewsEd Vaizey: Sky must drop retransmission fees
The BBC has welcomed government calls for Sky to scrap the fees it charges public service broadcasters to appear on its platform.
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NewsC4 creates Grand Designs 3D exploration tool
Channel 4 has created a prototype connected TV version of Grand Designs that allows viewers to explore a virtual 3D rendering of buildings featured in the show.
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NewsChannel 4 subscribes to Lovefilm VoD service
Channel 4 has signed a digital content distribution deal with Lovefilm which will see a raft of shows including Peep Show and Father Ted added to the VoD service.
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NewsC4's hands Last Leg live Friday night slot
Channel 4 is continuing its commitment to disabled talent by moving Adam Hill’s topical live chat show Last Leg into a primetime Friday night slot.
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NewsTwitter users supply C4 doc content
A Dispatches film fronted by Tim Lovejoy has become the strand’s latest multiplatform experiment to use crowd-sourced content from Twitter.
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NewsC4 lobbies for election ‘voice’
Channel 4 is lobbying to host an election debate in the run-up to the 2015 general election campaign – and is arguing it should take over from Sky News in the roster.
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NewsFirst Cut to delve into Scientology
High profile Scientology defectors will be examined in a Channel 4 First Cut documentary – one of the first to be ordered as part of an overhaul of the strand.
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NewsC4 and Group M make up after stalemate
Channel 4 and Group M have struck an advertising deal after weeks of wrangling which had resulted in ads for many high profile brands being pulled from the channel.
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NewsSnowman and Snowdog game hits 1m downloads
Channel 4’s The Snowman and The Snowdog game was downloaded over 1m times in the three weeks after its launch.
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NewsC4: Schedule needs successful returners
Channel 4 enters 2013 on the back of the success of the Paralympics – but with a major row over the failure to strike a commercial deal with the powerful GroupM.
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NewsThe Year Ahead
Click through to discover what the next 12 months holds for the UK’s key players.
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NewsDavina McCall to host C4 daytime series
Davina McCallD is being lined up for Channel 4 daytime competition expected to be broadcast in the 5pm slot.
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NewsJohn McCririck sues C4 for £3m
Former Channel 4 racing pundit John McCririck has kicked off legal proceedings against Channel 4 – seeking up to £3m of damages - after being dropped from its racing coverage.
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NewsDavid Cameron backs TV election debates
David Cameron has come out in support of the party leaders’ TV election debates after speculation that they would not take place in 2015 - but stopped short of confirming if he would participate.
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NewsOfcom investigates C4 News over hoax call
Channel 4 News is being investigated by Ofcom after broadcasting the hoax call made by Australian radio presenters to the hospital where Kate Middleton was being treated.
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NewsC4 eyes multiplatform profit
Channel 4 plans to “re-establish a reputation for commerciality” in multiplatform content in 2013 as it opens its next commissioning round.