With the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games now into its second week, data shows Channel 4’s coverage has reached 17.4 million viewers across linear and streaming – more than one quarter of the total TV population – up +4 per cent on the same stage of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Based on data covering the […]

Welsh TV producers trade body TAC has published its submission to Ofcom’s further consultation on the Channel 4 licence. Ofcom originally consulted on Channel 4’s 10-year licence late in 2023 and has now issued a second consultation on the idea of raising Channel 4’s Made out of England (MoE) quota, from 9 per cent to 12 per […]

By the end of 2024, the United Kingdom is expected to rank as the biggest media and entertainment market in Europe. This demonstrates the major influence this nation has on the world entertainment scene. A few key elements are behind the fast increase we are seeing. These include customers’ great demand, a flourishing creative sector, […]

Immersive entertainment specialist Layered Reality has secured an investment deal worth £1.75 million with Channel 4’s consumer investment arm, Channel 4 Ventures. The media for equity deal enables Layered Reality’s immersive experiences to reach a TV audience for the first time. Over the course of a year, The Gunpowder Plot, Jeff Wayne’s The War of […]

The eighteenth season of BAFTA and National Comedy Award winning Taskmaster is set to return on September 12th at 9pm on Channel 4. The next batch of bright-eyed hopefuls vying to pass muster and be the best are: comedian, host of The Bugle Podcast and cricket statistician Andy Zaltzman (The News Quiz, BBC Radio 4), […]

Channel 4 and Snapchat will launch a new augmented reality (AR) feature on Channel 4’s Snapchat profile for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Fans will be able to put themselves into the heart of the action in Paris by trying out multiple Paralympics events through AR – including archery and athletics – using Snapchat. The […]

Channel 4 Sales has secured Furniture Village as the sponsor of the Quality Entertainment strand across UKTV and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) channels. Effective immediately, Furniture Village will sponsor over 2,600 hours of content across UKTV’s Alibi, Eden, Gold, U&W and U&Drama plus WBD’s Really and HGTV. This partnership is a continuation of Channel 4 […]

Channel 4 has commissioned a new documentary, The Trial of Lucy Letby (working title), directed by Emmy award-winning and BAFTA-nominated director Daniel Bogado and produced by Blast Films. The documentary will examine the case of Lucy Letby, a 34-year-old former neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital who, in August 2023, was convicted of […]

Channel 4 reports that its social audience is going from strength-to-strength in 2024, passing 1.6 billion UK views, powered by a trebling (+331 per cent) in UK views of full episodes on YouTube. Across the year so far shows including First Dates, Gogglebox, Hollyoaks and 60 Days on the Estates have driven 65 million UK […]

Channel 4 Sales has announced TUI as the sponsorship partner for Married at First Sight UK season 4, which returns to the UK later this summer. The global leisure and travel company will team up with the hit reality show, with the TUI brand featuring on E4 and Channel 4 streaming, and across E4 and […]