Latest Channel 4 News – Page 219
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NewsE4 censured over Playing it Straight swearing
E4 dating show Playing It Straight has been found in breach of Ofcom rules after four episodes of the series featured very strong swearing within the first minute.
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NewsBroadcasters draw up social media guidelines
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have agreed a set of best-practice guidelines to help build confidence among audiences using social media to interact with TV shows.
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NewsC4 to simulcast all content online
Channel 4 is to simulcast all its main channels online within the next month for the first time since 2008 – bringing it in line with the BBC and ITV.
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NewsC4 challenges views of women
Actress and writer Sharon Horgan is to return to Channel 4 to front a two-part documentary series that challenges perceptions of older women.
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NewsNew Girl moving to E4
US sitcom New Girl is moving from Channel 4 to E4 after its mid-season break.
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NewsGervais' Derek wins NY award
Ricky Gervais comedy Derek has picked up a major prize at the New York International Short Film Festival.
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NewsE4 orders celebrity prank show
Comedian Lee Kern will prank celebrities in a new series for E4 that will see him setting up outlandish situations to catch them out.
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NewsChannel 4 signs Hilary Devey
Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Hilary Devey has signed an exclusive two-year deal with Channel 4.
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NewsRSPCA and C4 defend complaints over calf killings
The RSPCA has supported C4 over its decision to broadcast the slaughter of calves, which sparked 59 complaints from upset viewers.
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NewsHollyoaks lands Nokia smartphone PP deal
Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks has won its second major product placement deal, and will feature Nokia Lumia smartphones in the programme across four months from July.
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NewsC4 orders additional Paralympics content
Channel 4 looks set to increase its coverage of the Paralympics to between 180 and 200 hours, and has commissioned Twofour to make a further six docs for a strand featuring some of Britain’s up-and-coming Paralympians.
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NewsC4 mixes old and new as campaigns return
Cooking, fishing and property are among the themes on Channel 4’s features slate as the broadcaster unveils new commissions and returns to its high-profile campaigning series.
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NewsITN’s Dispatches poaches Unreported World editor
The series editor of Channel 4 international current affairs strand Unreported World has been poached by ITN to series produce its Dispatches output contract.
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NewsStudio Lambert to take search for love Undercover
Undercover Boss producer Studio Lambert is rejigging its undercover take on life experiences in a format for Channel 4 in which a wealthy bachelor ditches his riches to try to find love.
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NewsC4 chooses MDMA for Drugs Live
Channel 4’s controversial Drugs Live will investigate the impact of MDMA on the human body, Broadcast understands.
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NewsParalympics to be streamed on C4 online and Sky
The Paralympic Games will be streamed on Sky, Channel4.com, as Channel 4 prepares to provide full rolling coverage of the 12 days of action.
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NewsComment: a night of Bafta surprises
Last night’s Baftas saw a swathe of surprise wins, while ITV1’s controversial Fred West drama Appropriate Adult won a trio of acting awards.
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NewsFacejacker movie in the works
Facejacker star Kayvan Novak has revealed that he is working on plans to turn his Channel 4 prank show into a film.
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News4oD viewers make date with Chelsea and Undateables
The third series of Made in Chelsea was the most watched series on Channel 4’s video-on-demand service in April – attracting 2.37m views to the service while The Undateables also featured in the top 10.
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NewsHunt warned PM about "caving in to" Sky bid opponents
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt sent a memo to prime minister David Cameron in November 2010 in which he warned against “caving into the Mark Thompson / Channel 4 / Guardian line” over News Corp’s takeover bid for Sky.