Channel 4 has announced that its first overnight coverage of a US Presidential Election coverage since 1992 will be livestreamed in full on the broadcaster’s YouTube channel. The announcement builds on Channel 4’s strategic partnership with YouTube to bring programming to digital audiences. It follows the success of the broadcaster’s Paris 2024 Paralympics coverage, which […]
BARB data for the year to date shows Channel 4 streaming passing a new record for young streamers, as well as Channel 4’s best ever streaming week as Married at First Sight UK and The Great British Bake Off led its peers on other platforms. Almost half (47 per cent) of all Channel 4 16-to-34 […]
ITV Studios has acquired a majority stake in Eagle Eye Drama, the UK drama producers which was launched in 2018 by Walter Iuzzolino, Jo McGrath and Jason Thorp – the team also behind international drama streaming service, Walter Presents on Channel 4. Eagle Eye, which has been part of Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund since […]
Ian Katz, Chief Content Officer at UK PSB Channel 4, has said the channel is not planning to follow the lead of fellow PSB ITV in seeking to recruit a Head of Generative AI to help create ‘shows, films and digital-first content’. Addressing a meeting of the Broadcasting Press Guild in London, Katz said that […]
Channel 4 reports that is has trebled its YouTube full episode UK views in 2024 – driven by the likes of Untold, Hollyoaks, Murder Case: The Digital Detectives and Football Cops – leading the way in reaching digital natives on new platforms while building on its status as the fastest-growing streamer this year. Its social output […]
Channel 4 has commissioned Wonderhood Studios to produce Poison (working title), a major, two-part premium factual series based on a world-exclusive investigation by The Times’ Social Affairs Editor, James Beal. The series tells the story of how a Canadian chef has been accused of sending over 1,000 packages of poison to suicidal young people across […]
The brand-new Junior Taskmaster is set to air weekly from 8pm on November 8th on Channel 4. Junior Taskmaster is the brand new offspring of the BAFTA and National Comedy Award winning, Taskmaster, and taking to the thrones are Junior Taskmaster Rose Matafeo (Comedy Award winner, BAFTA & RTS Award nominated comedian, director, writer and […]
Channel 4 Sales’ Social Branded Entertainment team has launched a new social partnership ‘Creators Vs Experts’, which sees two of the UK’s biggest YouTubers face the ultimate challenge at Warner Bros Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter. Max Fosh and Zac Alsop, viral internet sensations known for their comedy content, both have […]
Married at First Sight UK was the most streamed show across British commercial broadcaster VoD platforms in September, with fans binging more than 1,200 years of viewing time in September. The show helped Channel 4 streaming to its biggest day ever on its owned and operated platforms with 6.3 million views on October 16th. According […]
Channel 4 has appointed David Wigglesworth as Executive Creative Director & Creative Partner of 4creative, its in-house creative agency. In the expanded role, Wigglesworth will continue to focus on maintaining the company’s craft and creativity. In parallel, he will look across the business and collaborate with a variety of teams to bring the Altogether Different […]