Latest Channel 4 News – Page 225
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NewsC4 reveals thinking behind 4seven plan
Channel 4 is to buy a Freeview slot for forthcoming repeats channel 4seven, which will be populated by its most popular shows but have the flexibility to air content that has stirred up discussion.
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NewsC4 Education switches focus from gaming to TV
Channel 4 Education is to begin commissioning TV content again after 18 months of “bearing the weight of games innovation” for the broadcaster.
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NewsC4 poaches CBBC's Kavanagh
Channel 4 has poached CBBC controller Damian Kavanagh to head the department behind Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and Embarrassing Bodies.
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NewsC4 poised to snatch Grand National rights from BBC
Channel 4 has emerged as the frontrunner to win TV horse racing rights to the Derby, Royal Ascot and Aintree from the BBC.
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NewsC4 to meet with Gambling Commission
Channel 4 is to meet with the Gambling Commission (GC) after the independent regulator contacted the broadcaster about teatime gameshow Deal or No Deal.
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NewsMad Bad Ad Show pulled from Friday night
The Mad Bad Ad Show, Micky Flanagan’s first Channel 4 project since signing an exclusive deal with the broadcaster, has been pulled from the Friday night schedule.
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NewsC4 orders Short History of Everything
Griff Rhys Jones is to host a new Channel 4 comedy panel show that provides an alternative view on social history using TV archive clips.
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NewsNine Lives ramping up staff after Dispatches win
Manchester-based indie Nine Lives Media is expanding its headcount and moving into new offices after securing a Dispatches output contract from Channel 4 and a BBC3 film in which Richard Bacon attempts to track down his internet “trolls”.
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NewsC4 orders more obsessive compulsive hoarding
Channel 4 has ordered a second film looking at the life and home of Richard Wallace, one of the UK’s most prolific hoarders.
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Farm posts Amnesty Ball
The Farm’s Los Angeles division set up in New York last week to provide fast-turnaround post-production facilities for Amnesty International’s The Secret Policeman’s Ball 2012.
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E4 axes Skins after seven series
Channel 4 is to axe Skins next year after a seventh series of the Company Pictures-produced teen drama.
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NewsC4 confirms repeats channel
Channel 4 is planning to launch a repeats station that will air programmes from the last seven days, chief executive David Abraham has confirmed.
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NewsNew Girl set for later C4 slot after taking a break
Channel 4 is set to push high-profile acquisition New Girl back to a later slot after introducing a mid-season break to the Zooey Deschanel series.
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NewsC4 factual backs fresh talent
Perfect Motion, Bigballs Films and Cwmni Da have won their first ever commissions from Channel 4, via the factual department.
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NewsThe Shooting Gallery to return to C4
Channel 4 is reviving shorts strand The Shooting Gallery in partnership with video platform Vimeo - more than a decade after the plug was first pulled.
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NewsC4 eyes Made in Chelsea-style music festival show
The production company behind Made in Chelsea is developing a new structured reality show about music festival die-hards for Channel 4’s teen strand T4.
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NewsC4 to follow Ann Summers sex toy launch
Adult retailer Ann Summers’ attempt to create the first ever ‘People’s Vibrator’ will be documented in a one-off film for Channel 4.
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NewsOfcom clears C4's Bouncers
Ofcom has cleared Channel 4 documentary Bouncers, despite drawing criticism from the local council and people.
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NewsITN chief warns against police demands for footage
ITN chief executive John Hardie has warned that orders by police to hand over footage “strikes at the heart” of independent TV news after being ordered to hand over substantial footage from the Dale Farm evictions in October.
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NewsC4 researches needs of online producers
Channel 4 Online has kicked off a research project to help it gain a better understanding of the needs of producers, as the broadcaster puts more focus on multiplatform content.