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News round-up: C4 orders Myanmar war crimes doc; C5 extends ‘Bargain Loving Brits’; Positivor acquires Screen Media assets
C4 orders Myanmar war crimes doc UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a one-hour documentary, Myanmar:…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: What Channel 4’s rising ad revenue spells for privatisation potential
While the UK government looks to privatise commercial broadcaster Channel 4, citing an unsustainable funding…
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Channel 4 teams with Wonderhood for cancer hospital obs-doc
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned Super Surgeons: A Chance At Life, a new series…
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Sky Deutschland & C4 land crypto docuseries from Derren Lawford’s Dare & Tondowski Films
Sky Deutschland and Channel 4 in the UK have joined forces on a three-part docuseries…
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Channel 4 hires Blink Industries exec as new head of comedy
Channel 4 in the UK has hired Blink Industries’ Charlie Perkins as its head of…
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UK’s Channel 4 buys into Scottish indie Freedom Scripted
Embattled UK public broadcaster Channel 4 has invested in Glasgow-based independent production company Freedom Scripted…
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C4, Love Nature & Maramedia share wildlife content demands
UK broadcaster Channel 4, Love Nature and Scottish prodco Maramedia have shared their wildlife and…
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Exclusive: France TV, C4, ZDF, CBC & others link to co-fund science projects
France Télévisions and some of the fellow pubcasters that make up the Global Doc commissioning group…
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‘I May Destroy You’ prodco Various Artists hires C4 commissioner as head of comedy
Various Artists Limited (VAL), the UK production company behind BBC & HBO drama I May…
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Showtime & C4 partner with All3’s Two Brothers for Brett Gelman comedy
Paramount-owned US network Showtime has partnered with Channel 4 in the UK on an eight-part…
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Netflix & Channel 4 link for ‘Five Star Chef’
Global streamer Netflix and UK broadcaster Channel 4 have teamed to jointly commission Five Star…
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Channel 4 links with Crackit, Two Rivers & Uppercut for unscripted projects
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned two new unscripted projects; property show Key To A…
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Exclusive: Netflix UK & C4 scripted chiefs tipped for BBC head of drama role
Netflix’s UK chief Anne Mensah and Channel 4’s Caroline Hollick are among leading contenders to…
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Roku & UK’s Channel 4 link up for Voltage reality show ‘Tempting Fortune’
Roku has partnered with UK broadcaster Channel 4 for the first time on a new reality…
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C4 doubles down on Waddell’s docuseries ‘Britain’s Most Expensive Houses’
Channel 4 in the UK has doubled its order for Britain’s Most Expensive Houses by…
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Show of the week: Dating Like The Stars
There is movie magic in the air in this innovative dating format that gives singletons…
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Exclusive: True crime drama at ‘zenith’, say ‘Dr Death’, ‘Candy’ & ‘Gaslit’ showrunners
Scripted adaptations of true crime stories are at a high point that looks likely to…
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TBI Weekly: What lies beyond the SVOD horizon?
Netflix’s plummeting share price has underlined the fragility of an SVOD-only model and already fed…
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Channel 4 details regional and youth focus proposals in rejected privatisation alternative
UK comcaster Channel 4 has revealed details of its rejected alternative proposal to the UK…
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C4 sale entices buyers as $2.5bn price tag attached to UK broadcaster
Channel 4’s sale could raise up to £2bn ($2.51bn), as buyers of all flavours take…
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TBI Weekly: Five ways UK reforms will impact the int’l industry
TV industries around the world are bracing for change as governments look to reform regulations around content –…
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UK’s Channel 4 to produce in-house as gov’t outlines privatisation proposals
The UK government has said Channel 4 (C4) will be allowed to produce in-house, as…
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UK gov’t to regulate streamers as super-indies face scrutiny
Streamers such as Netflix, Disney+ and Apple TV+ are to be regulated in the UK…
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Channel 4 debate as CEO Mahon & UK culture secretary Dorries state their cases
Debate over the future of commercially funded UK pubcaster Channel 4 heated up over the…
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Unpacking the risk & rewards of format funds
New formats have always had to fight for space against the exploitation of proven IP,…
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How to bridge the divide in teen TV
As linear viewership among teens and tweens continues to decline, Mark Layton finds out what’s…
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Former BBC & C4 broadcaster Michael Grade to chair Ofcom
Former BBC chairman and Channel 4 CEO Lord Michael Grade has been announced as the…
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UK’s Spirit Studios hires ‘Walking On The Moon’ writer as first head of scripted
UK-based Spirit Studios has hired Walking On The Moon scriptwriter Martin Sadofski as its first…
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Films Of Record founder & doc veteran Roger Graef dies, aged 85
Documentary maker and Films Of Record founder Roger Graef has died, aged 85. The US-born…
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Flame Distribution takes global rights to ‘Moors Murders’ docuseries
Australia’s Flame Distribution has picked up Moors Murders, a three-part true crime documentary, ahead of…