Latest Channel 4 News – Page 249
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NewsC4 sales chief to step down
Long-serving Channel 4 sales director Andy Barnes, who is responsible for delivering more than £12bn of sales revenue, is leaving the broadcaster after nearly 20 years.
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NewsRamsay locked in for new Channel 4 series
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is to visiting prisons for a new Channel 4 series that aims to reduce the cost of keeping prisoners behind bars and getting them back to work.
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NewsGypsy Weddings producers come under fire
The producers of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings have been confronted by members of the travelling community angry at their portrayal in the series – in an exchange that has been caught on camera.
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NewsModel Agency final to air online first
Channel 4’s The Model Agency has become the first series to premiere its last episode on 4oD ahead of broadcast – part of its ongoing drive to capture information from its audiences.
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NewsC4 audience interaction plan kicks off with Fern
Daytime series Fern has become the first Channel 4 programme to trial audience interaction after transmission as part of the broadcaster’s wider plans to develop direct relationships with its audience.
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NewsReview urges C4 Education to push web work
A review into Channel 4 Education’s long-term strategy is expected to recommend more cross-platform projects to raise awareness of the department’s web-based work.
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NewsC4 recruits editor for convergent formats
Channel 4 has handed control of its £2m convergent formats fund to ITV Studios digital executive Anna Cronin.
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NewsC4 to serve up more Friday Night Dinner
Channel 4 has ordered second helpings of Robert Popper sitcom Friday Night Dinner.
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NewsTwitter Tracker draws visitors to The Promise
Channel 4’s four-part drama about life in Israel, The Promise, attracted 500,000 visitors to a dedicated site boosted by a Twitter Tracker and live webchats with the director.
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NewsC4 launches Father Ted app
Channel 4 is launching a Father Ted iPhone app that will allow users to upload an image of themselves and morph it to look like Father Jack.
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NewsC4 orders more Celebrity Five
Channel 4 has ordered two new series’ of daytime reality show Celebrity Five Go To, including Apprentice star Stuart ‘the brand’ Baggs.
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NewsBBC and C4 back opt-out system for rights holders
The BBC and Channel 4 have recommended introducing a new rights management model that has been rejected by ITV and Sky, as part of an independent review into the current IP framework.
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NewsC4 teams up with E.ON for series on future homes
Channel 4 has ordered its first specialist factual show to be co-funded by a brand, with a programme that will showcase the next generation of household appliances and gadgets.
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NewsC4 nets Dolphin Boy doc
Channel 4 has netted a new documentary about a traumatised young man who was brought back from the brink by working with dolphins.
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NewsC4 looks to Fresh One for a different take on dance
Channel 4 plans to bring a different approach to dance competitions on TV with a three-part Fresh One documentary about the Street Dance XXL UK Championships.
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NewsGypsy Weddings ties knot with book/DVD publishers
Channel 4 smash hit Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is to be released on DVD on the day of the royal wedding and has also secured a major publishing deal.
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NewsC4's Matt Locke confirms departure
Matt Locke, Channel 4’s acting head of cross-platform, has revealed he has left the broadcaster - via Twitter.
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NewsC4 orders Japan quake docs
Channel 4 has ordered a number of “quick turnaround” programmes following the devastation that hit Japan last week.
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NewsCrufts coverage questioned again
TV’s coverage of Crufts has come under scrutiny again after the RSPCA wrote a critical letter to the Kennel Club that is also understood to have been sent to Channel 4.
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NewsOfcom to review TV ad deals
Ofcom is to launch review of how TV advertising deals are agreed – a move that could change the way the UK’s commercial broadcasters make money.