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Channel 4
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Deals round-up: Heston Blumenthal joins C4, Netflix co-pro; BBC Two expands factual; Topic takes Scandi dramas
Heston Blumenthal joins C4, Netflix culinary show Celebrity chefs Heston Blumenthal, Carla Hall and Niklas…
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BritBox UK launches with Channel 4 and distribution deals in place
Channel 4 has joined the BBC and ITV’s joint streaming service BritBox as it launches…
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Channel 4 preps doc on Boeing 737 Max disaster from Arrow
Channel 4 has commissioned Arrow Media for a doc on the Boeing 737 Max disaster….
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Animal rights group PETA hits out against Discovery’s ‘Man vs. Bear’ competition
Animal rights group PETA is hitting out against Discovery’s forthcoming Man vs. Bear in the…
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UK parliament calls for high-end tax relief reform, terms of trade review
The UK’s high-end tax relief for drama should be reformed and producers’ Terms of Trade…
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DR opens ‘Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds’ in Denmark
Danish pubcaster DR has ordered a local version of a UK format that sees senior…
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Exclusive: Avalon pulls ‘Taskmaster’ from UKTV as Channel 4 circles
Avalon Television is snatching its format Taskmaster from UKTV’s Dave five years after the show…
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True North appoints Norma Wisnevitz as COO
UK producer True North has appointed former Channel 4 Growth Fund executive Norma Wisnevitz as…
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News round-up: ITV closes ‘Beecham House’; Amazon returns to ‘Modern Love’; C4’s royal doc deal
ITV moves out of Beecham House UK broadcaster ITV has ended period drama Beecham House…
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October Films veteran Denman Rooke steps down
October Films’ executive chairman Denman Rooke is stepping down from his position, after almost 25…
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Channel 4 commissions ‘Warrior Women with Lupita Nyong’o’, ‘Your Room Or Mine?’
Oscar-winning actor-producer Lupita Nyong’o is fronting a new documentary on Channel 4 exploring the Agoji…
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‘Ackley Bridge,’ ‘You Can’t Ask That’ among Diversify TV Excellence Awards nominees
ABC’s You Can’t Ask That, Channel 4’s Ackley Bridge and BBC Three’s Jerk are among…
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Channel 4 signs up for ‘Meat The Family’, ‘Lost Pharaohs Of The Nile’
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has signed up to innovative format Meat The Family (working title)…
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Channel 4 CEO calls for support to remain “vital counterweight” to streamers’ power
Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon has said UK public broadcasters must be supported if they…
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Sky, Channel 4 expand content and tech partnership
Comcast-owned pay TV operator Sky and broadcaster Channel 4 have extended their strategic partnership with…
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BFI’s Young Audiences Content Fund: a fund indeed for a nation in need
The UK children’s industry is already feeling the benefit of a new $70m fund but…
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Channel 4 orders Christmas-themed ‘Buy It Now’
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a Christmas-themed series of Buy It Now from Studio…
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Channel 4’s Katz deems Hulu co-pro “very unrelatable to British audiences”
Channel 4’s Ian Katz has called middling ratings for the UK broadcaster’s Hulu co-production The…
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C4’s Dorothy Byrne hits out at ‘sexist bastards’, Netflix in MacTaggart
Channel 4’s head of news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne has said the TV industry…
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Channel 4 teams with Ben Wheatley, Paul Dacre for landmark series
Ben Wheatley scores first TV project with Channel 4 Film director Ben Wheatley (High-Rise; Happy New…
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Cineflix snaps up ‘Let’s Talk About Sex’, ‘Extreme Tribe’
Cineflix Rights has acquired a pair of Channel 4 factual series from Spelthorne Community Television…
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Kids round-up: DHX, CBBC take to ‘Springboard’; Hoho strikes Bomanbridge deal; Cumberbatch boards C4’s ‘Tiger Who Came To Tea’
Canada’s Family Channel, CBBC take to Springboard DHX Television’s Family Channel in Canada and CBBC…
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Channel 4 reveals UK regions commissioning team
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has unveiled commissioning editors for its new headquarters in Leeds, as…
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Channel 4’s Dorothy Byrne to give MacTaggart Lecture
Dorothy Byrne, head of news and current affairs at UK broadcaster Channel 4, will give…
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Element Pictures expands TV team with Channel 4’s Jonny Richards
Element Pictures, the UK- and Ireland-based producer behind Oscar winning film The Favourite, has appointed…
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Edinburgh TV Festival unveils State of the TV Nation panel
YouTube’s EMEA chief Ben McOwen Wilson, Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon (pictured) and Lionsgate TV…
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Rare TV replaces CEO Fraser with Channel 4’s Gardiner
UK-based factual producer Rare TV has appointed Channel 4 executive Alexander Gardiner as its CEO,…
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Ofcom sets out new PSB measures in face of “unprecedented challenges”
UK regulator Ofcom has announced a new set of measures to improve the chances of…
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DRG picks up global rights to Channel 4’s ‘My Grandparents’ War’
UK-based distributor DRG has picked up international sales rights for the upcoming four-part series My…
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Barcroft Studios appoints former Vice exec for 4Real
Factual production company Barcroft Studios has appointed a former Vice exec to oversee content output…