Latest Channel 4 News – Page 256
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NewsC4 has fishy feeling with top chefs
C4 has recruited celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal and Jamie Oliver for a season of programmes aimed at highlighting the issue of overfishing.
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NewsC4 to show live births on Xmas day
Channel 4 will show babies being born live on Christmas Day as part of a marathon five-hour version of One Born Every Minute.
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NewsC4 chairman Lord Burns ‘discomfited’ by Public Bodies Bill
Channel 4 chairman Lord Burns has insisted there is no political appetite to privatise the broadcaster but admitted he is still concerned about it being part of the Public Bodies Bill, which is currently going through Parliament.
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NewsUKTV and C4 step up to digital plate
UKTV and Channel 4 are stepping up their hunt for shows that have a strong multiplatform element to increase audience engagement.
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NewsSeeSaw launches subs and ads initiatives
Video-on-demand (VoD) service SeeSaw is introducing a subscription model and allowing viewers to choose the ads they view as it fine-tunes its commercial options.
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NewsDappy to deliver T4 Christmas message
Channel 4 has scotched rumours that N-Dubz rapper Dappy will broadcast the alternative Christmas message in the traditional slot - but confirmed that he will deliver a speech on Christmas morning.
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NewsC4 poaches the BBC's scheduling supremo
Channel 4 has again raided the BBC for a key executive, hiring George Dixon to replace Rosemary Newell as controller of channel management.
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NewsDiversity awards: Vote now
VOTE NOW: Broadcast readers can now vote online and decide the Most Groundbreaking Programme in this year’s Cultural Diversity Network Awards.
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NewsPeep Show star criticises online preview
Peep Show actor David Mitchell has criticised Channel 4’s decision to launch the new series through on demand service 4oD - a week before its terrestrial airing.
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NewsC4 wants Million Pound Drop for Christmas
Channel 4 has commissioned a festive run of The Million Pound Drop Live and has revealed its line-up of Christmas programming.
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NewsChris Evans lined up to host C4 celeb contest
Chris Evans will return to Channel 4 for the first time in a decade to host Famous And Fearless in the new year.
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NewsC4 Education launches second major review
Channel 4 Education has reappointed educational business consultancy Mtm Consulting as it plots a long-term strategy.
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NewsC4 themed nights honour Father Ted and Peep Show
Channel 4 will air themed nights celebrating Peep Show and Father Ted over the Christmas period.
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NewsGok gets fashion makeover for fourth C4 series
Gok’s Fashion Fix will be given a new title as part of a format refresh for its fourth series for Channel 4.
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News4iP's Loosemore leaves C4
4iP head Tom Loosemore has left Channel 4 and accepted some responsibility for the failure of the digital initiative.
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NewsControllers hit back over Seven Days marketing
Channel controllers including Sky 1’s Stuart Murphy, ITV digital head Zai Bennett and Five’s Jeff Ford have used the Promax conference to hit back at Stephen Lambert’s criticism of the marketing of Channel 4’s Seven Days.
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NewsC4 sends chefs to cookery school for daytime series
Channel 4 has ordered 50 episodes of a new daytime cookery series starring Cook Yourself Thin chef Gizzi Erskine.
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NewsFerguson to front C4 series on the rise of Western civilisation
The Ascent Of Money historian Niall Ferguson is to return to Channel 4 for a new series charting the rise of Western civilisation.
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NewsRosemary Newell to leave C4
Channel 4’s head of channel management, Rosemary Newell, is to step down after 13 years at the broadcaster.
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NewsC4 unveils £5m multiplatform education push
Channel 4 is to plough around £5m into a raft of games, sites and apps that will encourage youngsters to consider finance, ethics, attraction and death.