Latest Channel 4 News – Page 251
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NewsGuru-Murthy joins BME initiative
Channel 4 News broadcasters have thrown their support behind Bectu’s initiative Move on Up to encourage more black and minority ethnic (BME)professionals to join the industry.
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NewsMatt Locke plans to leave Channel 4
Acting head of cross-platform Matt Locke is set to leave Channel 4, Broadcast understands.
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NewsContent remains king in product placement
Audiences are happy to see product placement but editorial content must still lead programming, according to research ordered by Channel 4.
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NewsDesmond unveils health lottery
Media tycoon Richard Desmond has unveiled a new lottery game which aims to raise more than £50 million a year for health charities.
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NewsC4 happy to order dwarf doc
Channel 4 has ordered an new “fixed rig” series following seven dwarves as they take part in Snow White during pantomime season.
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NewsOnline health check to shape C4 shows
Channel 4 is launching an online health-check tool that will feed into Embarrassing Bodies, Supersize vs Superskinny and other health-related shows.
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NewsSherlock and Downton to face off at BPG Awards
The Broadcasting Press Guild’s annual awards will see Downton Abbey and Sherlock go head-to-head in three categories.
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NewsC4 to shake up supply base
Channel 4 plans to fling open its doors to small, first-time and regional producers after admitting its supplier base has become too narrow.
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NewsFinance gurus to front Superscrimpers on C4
Channel 4 will ask Financial Times columnist Mrs Moneypenny to help people budget and provide practical financial advice in a series from Endemol’s Remarkable Television.
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NewsOfcom announces new film ad rules
TV channels will be able to show longer advert breaks within films under new rules published by broadcast watchdog Ofcom.
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NewsC4 wins Paralympic World Cup from BBC
Channel 4 has won the rights to broadcast the annual BT Paralympic World Cup from the BBC.
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NewsC4 orders Gypsy Xmas special
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings will return to Channel 4 for a one-off Christmas special - with other spin-offs in the pipeline.
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NewsC4 News develops first app
Channel 4 News is to launch its first mobile app as it embraces new platforms. While C4 has previously launched a range of iPhone apps, this will be among the first also available for the iPad.
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NewsC4 pledges extra £6.7m to docs
Schools are to be the subject of the next Channel 4 “fixed rig” series as part of a raft of investment in documentary programming that will include new films from acclaimed directors Patrick Forbes and Kim Longinotto.
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NewsC4 spells out aims for multiplatform orders
Channel 4 is implementing a new framework for measuring the success of multiplatform commissions.
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NewsThe Garden pays visit to A&E for C4 fixed-rig doc
Nick Curwin and Magnus Temple are making their biggest ever fixed-rig show, using 70 cameras to film a London hospital’s accident and emergency department for Channel 4.
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NewsGov't to consider Dispatches allegations
Channel 4 investigation series Dispatches, which featured an alledged assault on a child at a mosque, is to be viewed by the Department of Education.
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NewsKeo hopeful for Fish Fight sequel after site success
Keo Digital is hoping to help secure a return to TV screens for the sustainable fishing season Fish Fight after around 20% of viewers visited the website.
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NewsC4 Comedy Lab to wrestle with kabbadi theme
The first Channel 4 Comedy Lab for 2011 is based on kabbadi - the Indian sport that achieved cult status on C4 in the early 1990s.
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NewsSilver River examines secrets of art for Channel 4
Channel 4 News culture editor Matthew Cain is to ask whether science can explain the secrets of art in a three-part series for Silver River.