JustWatch, the streaming guide, has released updates on the UK market share of all major streaming platforms across 60 different countries. The results reflect data collected in Q3 2024. Netflix continues to secure the streaming crown, securing 27 per cent of the streaming market in the UK. Prime Video is in second place with shares […]
S4C, the public broadcaster and Welsh language television channel, has announced several original scripted drama recommissions for 2025/2026. Y Golau: Dŵr (Still Waters) will go into production in early October. This is the second season for this thrilling mystery and will be produced in partnership with Triongl/APC and Channel 4. Season two is set in the fictional […]
Channel 4 and Lloyds have teamed up once again for the return of Black in Business. This year, four successful Black owned-businesses will each be awarded £150,000 of TV advertising on Channel 4 – up from £100,000 per winner last year. The initiative aims to identify and empower four businesses ready to scale and grow […]
Channel 4 Sales’ Social Branded Ents team is launching a new social series dedicated to celebrating Ireland’s warmth and hospitality in a new collaboration with Tourism Ireland, for their second partnership in the last two years. After Stand Up Road Trip – a series launched in 2023 featuring comedians Suzi Ruffell and Seán Burke – the […]
A new consortium plans to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI) prototype and publish research into how AI could support under-represented content creators and established producers to enhance storytelling in film and television. The Charismatic consortium – which has received £1.04 million (€1.24m) from the government’s Innovate UK programme – will research the opportunities for the […]
Channel 4’s streaming growth continues, with minutes viewed up 25 per cent (to 42 billion) between January and August 2024. In August alone, total viewer minutes grew 11 per cent year on year (to 4.4 billion viewer minutes). Latest Barb data also shows the channel continues to grow its overall audience, with a 4 per […]
The Royal Television Society, Northern Ireland (RTS NI) has revealed the nominees shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Television Awards, with headline sponsor Ka-Boom. The winners will be announced at the 9th RTS NI Awards ceremony which takes place on November 14th at the Titanic Belfast. Sarah McCaffrey, Chair of RTS NI, said: “We are delighted […]
Channel 4 has reported that its coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games reached 20 million viewers across linear and streaming – one third (33 per cent) of the total TV population – and helped the channel to its biggest audience share in 12 years. Based on data covering the Opening Ceremony and the eleven […]
Channel 4 and Yospace, the dynamic ad insertion specialist, have extended their multi-year partnership, taking them to over ten years of collaboration. The partnership will see Yospace help the broadcaster grow its digital advertising business further as it targets becoming a digital-first public service streamer by 2030. Yospace’s server-side ad insertion (SSAI) technology plays a […]
Channel 4 will be the only UK broadcaster to air live coverage of the first US Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, in partnership with ABC. Trump and Harris will go head-to-head for the first time as the battle to become President reaches a pivotal point. With polls too close to call, the […]