Latest Channel 4 News – Page 247
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NewsC4 fund backs indie pop singer’s online venture
Channel 4’s Alpha Fund has backed the lead singer of indie pop band Belle and Sebastian, Stuart Murdoch, for an interactive project as one of a range of investments.
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NewsManford steps down from 8 out of 10 Cats
C4 comedy quiz show 8 out of 10 Cats is losing team captain Jason Manford to new ITV series Show Me The Funny.
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NewsObjective to pilot new gameshow for C4
Objective Productions, the indie behind gameshow The Cube, has been given the green light to pilot a gameshow for Channel 4 based on testing people’s reflexes.
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NewsMicrosoft opens Xbox Live to broadcasters
Microsoft will offer broadcasters the opportunity to distribute content via its Xbox games console following a U-turn in its content partnership strategy.
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NewsC4 launches 4oD for iPad in devices push
Channel 4 is preparing to release a 4oD iPad app featuring access to catch-up shows, as it extends its direct-to-consumer relationships via connected devices.
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NewsDanes to roll out Big Art Project across platforms
Public art initiative The Big Art Project, which was originally produced for Channel 4, has been ordered by Danish public service broadcaster DR to run across TV, radio and online.
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NewsC4 set to show alleged Sri Lankan war crimes
Jon Snow is to front a post-watershed Channel 4 documentary featuring harrowing new footage that appears to document alleged war crimes that took place in the closing weeks of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009.
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NewsMisfits leads Bafta nominations
E4 superhero drama Misfits has scooped four nominations for this year’s TV Bafta awards including nods for stars Robert Sheehan and Lauren Socha for supporting actor and actress.
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NewsC4 in talks to reshape digital rights model
Channel 4 is considering granting indies more rights around multiplatform commissions in return for sharing in any secondary revenues they generate.
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NewsChatty Man top for Twitter interaction
The fifth series of British comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man attracted between 500 and 700 tweets per episode addressed directly to the @chattyman account, and marked an uplift in use of the #chattyman hashtag.
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NewsFarmer Doherty in tie-up with Jamie’s Fresh One
Jimmy Doherty, the TV farmer poached by Channel 4 from the BBC, is setting up rights-based company Guppy Productions in association with Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One.
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NewsAbraham targets maintaining C4 audience share
David Abraham has rallied Channel 4 commissioners, telling them the broadcaster is aiming to maintain its 7% audience share for 2011 even without Big Brother.
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NewsAllsopp to take on craft fair pros in series for C4
Channel 4 has ordered a Kirstie Allsopp-fronted series in which the presenter is pitted against country fair craft experts.
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NewsC4 orders three more runs of Million Pound Drop
Channel 4 is to air 29 further episodes of The Million Pound Drop Live this year after awarding producer Remarkable Pictures a three-series deal.
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NewsInside Nature’s Giants wins longer run on C4
Channel 4 animal autopsy show Inside Nature’s Giants is to return for a 10-part run, its longest to date, with the experts taking part in more adventure-style settings.
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NewsBroadcasters and indies rally against relaxing IP laws
The UK’s biggest commercial broadcasters and Pact have argued that relaxing intellectual property (IP) laws could “seriously undermine” investment in content.
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NewsC4 invites viewers to video-call The Clinic
Channel 4 has ordered a live TV spin-off to health series Embarrassing Bodies that will feature viewers video-calling the show to share their medical problems.
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NewsC4 orders longest ever Drop
Channel 4 gameshow The Million Pound Drop Live is to return for its longest ever run.
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NewsC4 orders Mumsnet show
Studio Lambert has been given the greenlight to create a programme inspired by online forum Mumsnet for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 to court more controversy
David Abraham has tasked Jay Hunt with increasing the volume of controversial output on Channel 4, the chief creative officer revealed at her first out-of-London indie meeting.