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Channel 4
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Discovery reportedly eyeing bid for UK’s Channel 4
Discovery has emerged as a potential suitor for Channel 4, the British broadcaster behind hits…
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News round-up: FilmRise expands Mediator With Ice-T; UK’s C4 returns to ‘The Street’; Aftershock adapts ‘Kaiju Score’
FilmRise expands Mediator With Ice-T US-based film and television outfit FilmRise has acquired distribution rights…
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UK’s C4 orders football racism doc & raft of digital shorts
UK comcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a new one-off documentary exploring the role of social…
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Insight TV & C4 fitted up for Zig Zag’s ‘Garms Dealer’ fashion show
Millennial-focused channel operator and producer Insight TV and UK pubcaster Channel 4 have commissioned a…
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C4 supercharges true crime with new strand & raft of deals
UK pubcaster Channel 4 is launching a true crime programming strand across its linear and…
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Channel 4 privatisation consultation formally launched by UK govt
The UK government has officially opened a consultation on the potential privatisation of public broadcaster…
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Round-up: Noovo reopens ‘Big Brother’ house; C4 remakes Israel’s ‘Little Mom’; ‘Love Island’ to debut ITV’s shoppable TV
Noovo reopens ‘Big Brother’ house Quebec network Noovo has ordered a second season of reality…
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Fremantle appoints C4, BBC Studios alum to lead UK talent
Fremantle has hired Victoria Roye from UK broadcaster Channel 4 as head of its talent division….
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Netflix, Amazon & Disney+ face UK regulation as gov’t addresses ‘blatant disparity’
The UK government has confirmed it will explore tighter regulation on streamers such as Netflix,…
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UK government to hold formal Channel 4 privatisation review
The UK government is to hold a formal review into selling Channel 4, the British…
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Hiring round-up: Big Little Fish names new COO; Rumpus bolster management team; C4 names E4 commissioning editor
Big Little Fish names new COO UK unscripted prodco Big Little Fish TV (BLFTV) has…
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UK’s C4 invests in Apple TV+ prodco Paper Entertainment
Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund has taken a minority stake in Julien Leroux’s Paper Entertainment….
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Show of the Week: Quizness
Normally, quiz show contestants do their best to avoid appearing foolish in front of the…
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C4 & Arte to explore anti-vaxx movement with Caravan/Quicksilver co-pro doc
UK comcaster Channel 4 and European broadcaster Arte have commissioned a feature-length documentary about the…
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Peacock & C4 join up for cyber drama from ‘Wolf Hall’ team
NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock has linked up with Channel 4 in the UK on a six-part…
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PBS, ARTE France & Channel 4 co-commission 9/11 anniversary doc from Arrow Pictures
PBS in the US, ARTE in France and Channel 4 in the UK have jointly…
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UK broadcasters & trade bodies launch fund to close unscripted skills gaps
UK broadcasters, along with industry-led skills body ScreenSkills and trade body Pact, have teamed up…
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Round-up: AMC+ launches on YouTube TV; HBO Max boards Channel 4 chimp documentary; SPI expands in Africa
AMC+ launches on YouTube TV US-based AMC Networks has launched its AMC+ subscription bundle on…
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UK’s C4 hires Unilad & Ladbible exec to lead digital commissioning
Channel 4 in the UK has appointed a former video chief at entertainment sites UNILAD…
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Penguin Random House UK hires BBCS exec to drive IP adaptations
Penguin Random House UK – a division of German giant Bertelsmann – has appointed former…
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Round-up: Intl’ broadcasters enter ‘Dark Woods’; C4 orders Woodcut serial killer doc; BBC builds ‘Jay’s Workshop’
Intl’ broadcasters enter ‘Dark Woods’ Broadcaster in the US, Canada, Spain and France have acquired…
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Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight hires Channel 4 commissioner as creative director
Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight Productions has appointed Channel 4 commissioner Siobhan Sinnerton to the newly created…
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TBI in Conversation: ‘It’s A Sin’ head of production Michaela Fereday on bringing the 1980s to life
Red Production Company’s Michaela Fereday, head of production on It’s A Sin, tells TBI’s Mark…
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Channel 4 to mark 50 years of iconic ‘Mr Men’ kids characters
UK comcaster Channel 4 has commissioned 50 Years Of Mr Men, a special one-off unscripted…
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Jonathan & Simon Chinn’s Lightbox exits C4’s Indie Growth Fund
Simon and Jonathan Chinn’s London and LA-based production company Lightbox is to exit Channel 4’s…
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Sky hires BBC, C4 execs to bolster factual commissioning team
UK-based Sky has hired Hayley Reynolds from the BBC and Janine Thomas from Channel 4…
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UK’s C4 overhauls commissioning & acquisitions with Sarah Lazenby departing
Channel 4 in the UK has become the latest broadcaster to restructure its senior exec…
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CDN report slams UK broadcasters for “significant imbalances” in racial & gender roles
The number of contributions from people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds working…
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Factual Round-up: Abacus takes Scorsese-hosted doc global; Love Nature orders ‘Malawi Wildlife Rescue’ S2; ITVS Factual Pitch deadline nears
Abacus takes Scorsese-hosted doc global London-based Abacus Media Rights has acquired global distribution rights to…
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C4 deputy director of programmes Kelly Webb-Lamb to leave UK broadcaster
Channel 4’s deputy director of programmes & head of popular factual Kelly Webb-Lamb is to…