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Channel 4
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Disney+ hires Sean Doyle from UK’s C4 for unscripted push
Disney has hired Channel 4 commissioner Sean Doyle as its director of original productions for…
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News round-up: C4 orders hotel docuseries; Blue Ant sells 300 hours; Haystack launches political channels
Channel 4 orders hotel docuseries UK comcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a new three-part factual…
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Channel 4 orders third season and charity outing for ‘The Circle’
Channel 4 in the UK has ordered a special week-long celebrity edition of Studio Lambert’s…
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UK’s BBC, ITV, C4 & C5 ‘unlikely to survive’ without overhaul, says Ofcom
UK broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 are “unlikely to…
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UK’s Channel 4 launches $40m content fund and unveils strategy for digital pivot
UK comcaster Channel 4 has unveiled a new corporate strategy called Future4, which will see…
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Stan, Amazon & others buy C4 & HBO Max AIDS drama ‘It’s A Sin’
Broadcasters and platforms in Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America and Australasia have signed pre-sale…
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Factual round-up: Smithsonian unveils Egyptian tomb find; C4 orders ultra-rich property special; ITV orders Covid-19 doc
Smithsonian doc investigates Egpytology find Smithsonian Channel has ordered a new documentary series exploring recent…
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UK’s Channel 4 returns to Chatsworth House
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a new series abouts the British stately home Chatsworth…
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Show of the week: Me And My Penis
Don’t be mistaken by its title, because this special is in no way a flippant…
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Channel 4 orders Blink doc series delving into British monarch
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a new documentary series exploring the reign of British…
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UK’s C4 adapts ‘Clown’ for Christmas with Helena Bonham-Carter
Channel 4 in the UK has commissioned an animated adaptation of Clown, based on the…
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News round-up: BBC Three’s ViacomCBS deal; Vuulr expands slate; C4 orders Diana doc
BBC Three, BET snag ViacomCBS comedy Broadcasters in Europe, Africa, New Zealand and Latin America…
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UK’s Channel 4 budget to ‘go up massively’ in 2021
Channel 4 will increase its budget “massively” next year as the UK ad-supported broadcaster rebounds…
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Channel 4 remakes Swedish drama with Walter Presents founders’ prodco
Channel 4 in the UK has ordered a remake of Swedish drama Before We Die,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Where next for linear TV’s Covid boom?
Covid-19 enforced lockdowns around the world had propelled viewing figures for linear networks skywards but…
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UK’s Channel 4 strikes deal for ‘Wedding Guru’ prodco Yeti Media
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has taken a minority stake in Welsh prodco Yeti Media and…
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TBI Weekly: Six takeaways from Edinburgh TV Festival
The 2020 Edinburgh TV Festival’s virtual nature didn’t stop the annual event from making an…
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News round-up: Netflix axes ‘Altered Carbon’; C4 orders STV drama; Cineflix expands factual offer
Netflix ditches Altered Carbon Netflix has cancelled its sci-fi drama Altered Carbon after two seasons…
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UK’s Channel 4 unveils programming plans for Black Takeover Day
Channel 4 in the UK has unveiled details of a Black Takeover day next year,…
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France’s TF1 delves into Kudos drama ‘Deadwater Fell’
TF1 France has picked up the UK psychological drama Deadwater Fell for broadcast. Produced by…
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Channel 4 builds ‘The Bridge’
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a new reality competition format, narrated by actor James…
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UK’s Channel 4 asks ‘Is Covid Racist?’ in new doc
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned STV Studios to produce a documentary exploring why Covid-19…
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Viaplay greenlights NENT Studios UK drama, with Dopamine & C4 onboard
Wonder Woman’s Connie Nielsen and former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston are linking up to…
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Channel 4 orders ‘Spice Girls’ docuseries from 72 Films to explore feminism
Channel 4 in the UK has unveiled a new docuseries that it claims will tell…
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News round-up: France builds ‘Lego Masters’; ITV’s ‘Professor T’ travels to Nordics; ZDF snags ‘Bank Hacker’ & ‘The Weekly’
France’s M6 builds Lego Masters deal M6 in France has become the eighth broadcaster to…
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UK’s Channel 4 extends ‘The Circle’, orders celebrity edition
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a third season of Studio Lambert’s reality format The…
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C4 alum Gill Wilson joins Avalon as factual director
Gill Wilson has been appointed as UK and US-based prodco Avalon’s creative director of factual….
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UK’s Channel 4 makes commitment to anti-racism and BAME representation
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has set out a six-part anti-racism strategy and a commitment to…
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Canada’s ‘Coroner’ picked up by UK’s Channel 4, greenlit for third season
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has picked up the first two seasons of the CBC original…
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UK takes ‘significant step’ as Covid-19 production blueprint unveiled
The UK’s major broadcasters including the BBC, ITV and Sky have unveiled new industry-wide guidelines…