Latest Channel 4 News – Page 245
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NewsSnow/Murthy to front C4 docs
Channel 4 News presenters Jon Snow and Krishnan Guru-Murthy are to front Dispatches and Unreported World docs as part of a strategy to boost current affairs output.
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NewsC4 specialist factual to woo male audience
Channel 4 head of specialist factual Ralph Lee has been briefing indies that his department is seeking programmes to attract male viewers to the channel.
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NewsC4 visitors watch most video streams
Visitors to Channel 4’s website watch twice as many video streams as those who visit the BBC, ITV and Sky websites, according to the first set of results from the Nielsen Video Census.
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NewsC4 News recruits online chief
Paul Brannan, former BBC multiplatform chief, has joined Channel 4 News to continue further development of the programme’s online and cross-devices strategy.
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NewsC4: Hollyoaks could be worth £12m in product placement
Channel 4 has identified up to £12m in product placement opportunities in Hollyoaks, according to a document seen by Broadcast.
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NewsRobinson traces origins of superstitious belief for C4
Tony Robinson is to front a new Channel 4 series exploring the origins of belief in ideas such as vampires, spirits, witches and poltergeists.
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NewsC4 Munchausen doc sparks Ofcom complaints
A doctor who featured in a recent Channel 4 documentary about Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy has complained to Ofcom, and a group of professional child carers is also preparing to submit a complaint.
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NewsC4 renews Gordon Ramsay deal
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has committed to staying exclusively with Channel 4 for another year.
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NewsC4 boss defends Drugs Live
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has defended a forthcoming programme in which people will be seen to take Class A drugs live on air.
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NewsUN first to see "shocking" Sri Lanka doc
A forthcoming Channel 4 documentary detailing “harrowing” events from the Sri Lankan civial war will receive its first screening before the UN Human Rights Council.
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NewsSomethin’ Else wins 2012 Legacy project
Channel 4 Education and youth communication agency Livity have appointed Somethin’ Else to produce a series of films to support somewhereto, their online project to find vacant spaces that young people can take over.
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NewsBBC Wales’ Wenger to join Film 4 team
One of the execs behind the latest incarnation of Doctor Who and the resurrection of Upstairs Downstairs has been poached by Channel 4’s movie division Film 4.
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NewsC4 to delve deeper into life for BFGW follow-up
Channel 4’s record-breaking Big Fat Gypsy Weddings will return early next year to delve deeper into issues facing the travelling and gypsy communities.
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NewsJamie to explore British food origins for C4
Jamie Oliver’s latest series for Channel 4 will see the chef travel the UK exploring the origins of traditional British food.
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NewsJeff Stelling quits Countdown
Countdown presenter Jeff Stelling is to leave the Channel 4 show after less than three years.
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NewsAbraham: data will drive C4
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has reiterated his vision of using viewer data to reinvent free-to-air advertising and inform programming.
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NewsChannel 4 names Paralympic presenters
An ex-Royal Marine, a carpenter and a former Paralympic swimmer are among six new disabled presenters who will help front Channel 4’s coverage of the London 2012 Paralympics.
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NewsIT Crowd to end, says Linehan
Graham Linehan, creator of Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd, has hinted the fifth series could be its last.
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NewsVic Reeves to star in C4 pilot
Vic Reeves and Flight of the Conchords star Rhys Darby are to appear in a new Channel 4 comedy pilot penned by Russell Brand’s former writing partner.
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NewsBBC's Matt Frei joins C4 News
Channel 4 News has poached two BBC journalists Matt Frei and Jackie Long and has appointed Cathy Newman as a regular presenter as part of an ongoing restructure.