Channel 4 has launched 4 Reality, a new YouTube destination that serves as a fan-focused home for the best of Channel 4’s reality TV titles, offering viewers full-episodes of hit series such as Married at First Sight UK, alongside compilations and ‘best of’ clips from popular titles such as Made in Chelsea. In a Channel […]
UK culture secretary Michelle Donelan has told Sky News that the BBC is a “national asset” and confirmed that she is “working very closely” with fellow public service broadcaster Channel 4 as to whether it should be sold off or not. The comments came as Donelan inspected construction work at Shepperton Studios. Donelan’s predecessor Nadine […]
Channel 4’s commercial division, 4Sales, has announced a new data partnership with Nectar360, the UK loyalty programme, that aims to enhance advertiser targeting on Channel 4’s streaming platform, All 4. FMCG brands will now be able to tailor their adverts on All 4 to groups of users based on their recent shopping habits within Sainsbury’s […]
Channel 4 and Prime Video have partnered to launch an examination of access and inclusion provision for disabled talent in the British TV industry. The Industry Access survey will be conducted on behalf of The TV Access Project (TAP), which was launched at the Edinburgh TV Festival to drive improvements in access and inclusion for disabled talent working in TV. The survey will be carried out […]
England’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final against Pakistan on November 13th will be shown on free to air television after Sky agreed a deal with Channel 4 to make the match available to the nation, enabling all the UK & Ireland to watch the spectacle. England’s bid to lift the trophy for a second […]
The proposed privatisation of UK commercial PSB Channel 4 is set to be dropped, according to the FT, with newly-elected Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reassessing policy pledges made by previous administrations as he considers his legislative priorities. “We are looking at all the campaign pledges and we are looking at whether it is the right […]
As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, UK public service broadcaster Channel 4 has revealed that from 2023, it will bring all its channels and services under one ‘Channel 4’ brand to help audiences better navigate the abundance of choice in the digital world and find Channel 4 content wherever and whenever they choose to watch. […]
Supporters of Channel 4 have gathered outside the broadcaster’s offices in Leeds and London to hand in two giant birthday cards calling for the channel to stay in public hands. The cards, which are 2ft and 5ft respectively, celebrate the channel’s first broadcast 40 years ago today and include the logos of the over 40 […]
Blue-chip factual production company Clearstory today announces it has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce Jimmy Carr Destroys Art, a unique television experiment which sees comedian Jimmy Carr invite an audience to destroy controversial artworks. Tapping into the debate around acceptability of art, historical monuments and problematic public figures, the show brings the subject […]
The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK’s House of Commons has published a Special Report on the failure of the former Secretary of State Nadine Dorries MP to reconsider evidence she provided on her participation in the Channel 4 documentary Tower Block of Commons. Giving evidence to the Committee in May 2022 […]