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Channel 4 picks Leeds for national HQ
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has selected Leeds as the base for its national headquarters, alongside…
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Snap bets on local originals and media partnerships
Snap has revealed a slate of new UK shows coming to its platform through partnerships…
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Exclusive: Netflix hires former Channel 4 commissioner
Netflix has hired former Channel 4 commissioner Lucy Leveugle for its London outpost, TBI has…
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MIPCOM Hot Picks: Alone At Home
Distributor: Sony Pictures Television International Distribution Producer: Electric Ray Broadcaster: Channel 4 (UK) Concept: Kids…
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Netflix swoops for Channel 4’s The Circle
Netflix has snapped up Channel 4 format The Circle. The streaming giant is to adapt the…
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C4 orders Generation Porn from Story Films
Channel 4 (C4) has ordered landmark documentary trilogy Generation Porn from Story Films, which will explore…
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Sharon Horgan’s Merman launches digital arm
Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman is to launch a digitally focused arm named Mermade….
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C4 commissions The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes
The UK’s Channel 4 (C4) has commissioned a format that follows a restaurant staffed entirely…
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TBI Weekly: Sky and Channel 4 deal is clear sign of the times
Sky and Channel 4’s content-sharing deal earlier this week signalled the beginnings of closer collaboration…
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Hootenanny comedy The Bisexual scores presales with Canal+, Stan
Ahead of its debut on Hulu and the UK’s Channel 4, Hootenanny comedy The Bisexual…
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Sky, Channel 4 join forces for Formula 1
Sky and Channel 4 have struck a content partnership that will see the broadcasters sharing…
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Channel 5 Blind Date commissioner departs for Channel 4
Blind Date commissioner Sean Doyle is leaving Channel 5 to board Channel 4. The exec…
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C4 appoints Red’s Caroline Hollick as drama head
Channel 4 (C4) has hired Red Production’s Caroline Hollick as its new head of drama….
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BBC Studios appoints C4’s Ralph Lee as content director
BBC Studios has appointed Channel 4’ s creative officer Ralph Lee as director of content….
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C4 commissions Born Famous from Studio Ramsay
Channel 4 has commissioned a four-part series from Studio Ramsay, which brings the teenage offspring…
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Channel 4 arrives at Berlin Station
Paramount Pictures Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution has sold popular drama, Berlin Station, to Channel 4….
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C4 narrows shortlist for new HQ and creative hubs
Channel 4 (C4) has narrowed down the choice of locations for its new national headquarters…
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SVOD subs overtake pay TV in the UK, Ofcom reports
Subscriptions to OTT TV services Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Now TV have overtaken traditional…
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Showtime defends Baron Cohen comedy
Showtime has defended Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy Who Is America? against claims that he…
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Shiver appoints C4’s Haywood to new fact ent role
Shiver, the ITV Studios label, has appointed Channel 4 (C4) commissioning editor Simone Haywood to…
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Howard Swartz returns to Discovery from Arrow Media
Howard Swartz, a former Discovery Channel exec, is returning to the network as senior vice…
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BBC & C4 plan £500m to bid for UKTV
The BBC is in talks with Channel 4 (C4) to make a £500 million ($657…
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C4 drama head partners with The Forge
Indie drama company The Forge has secured Channel 4 (C4) drama boss Beth Willis to…
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In the spotlight: Walter Iuzzolino
Walter Iuzzolino, the face of and name behind Walter Presents, has walked an unusual path…
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Commercial broadcasters challenge BBC & C4 prominence plea
In response to calls by the BBC and Channel 4 for greater prominence for their…
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BBC and Channel 4 urge action over PSB prominence
The heads of the BBC and Channel 4 have come together to call for new…
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Freeview to receive £125m investment to go ‘fully hybrid’
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and network operator Arqiva have agreed to invest £125 million…
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C4 takes 900 hours of Vice content to All4
Channel 4 (C4) and Vice have partnered to launch more than 900 hours of Vice’s…
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TBI Weekly: UK broadcasters band together
As major global entertainment companies increasingly pursue M&A activity to fend off the threat of…
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Channel 4 reveals shortlist for new HQ and regional hubs
Channel 4 has announced the cities and regions that have been shortlisted to house its…