StudioCanal has announced the appointment of Paul Gilbert as the Senior Vice President of English-Language Series. He will be based in London and reporting to Managing Director of Television M-K Kennedy. Gilbert will spearhead the development and production of a bold slate of premium series hailing from the UK and US, which StudioCanal will produce […]

UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has announced that Geoff Cooper has been appointed as the next Chair of public service broadcaster Channel 4. He will join the broadcaster’s Board on October 1st, succeeding the interim Chair Dawn Airey CBE. Cooper, currently Chair of AO World plc, has over 30 years’ Board experience across a range of […]

Channel 4 Sales has announced the launch of a new tool that allows advertisers to measure the emissions of their campaigns running on linear TV, building upon its existing emissions measurement offering. Channel 4 says the move makes it the commercial team the first within a UK broadcaster to provide advertisers with carbon emissions data […]

Everyone TV has announced that Freely – the free streaming service formed via a strategic partnership between the UK’s main public service broadcasters (PSBs) – has reached over half a million weekly users. Data also reveals that younger audiences are the early adopters of Freely, with the largest proportion of users aged 16-34 years. To […]

Channel 4 has announced the appointment of Farhana Bhula as Director of Film4, the channel’s feature film division. She takes on the role immediately, replacing Ollie Madden. Bhula joined Film4 in January 2022 and has overseen notable feature film projects for the division including Molly Manning Walker’s debut film How To Have Sex, Andrew Haigh’s […]

Channel 4 Sales has announced that McCain Vibes, the hot snack from McCain, will sponsor E4 Prime Entertainment – a strand of programming airing daily on E4. Starting on September 1st, the six-month partnership will see McCain Vibes sponsor over 300 hours of entertainment between 6pm and 11pm, which includes shows such as Below Deck, […]

The official Taskmaster YouTube channel has hits over one billion views and 1.94 million subscribers worldwide – making it the biggest British comedy show on YouTube. The Taskmaster YouTube channel has significantly grown in popularity since embarking on its pioneering release strategy in 2019. It has seen success internationally, particularly in North America, reaching over […]

Channel 4’s iconic first soap Brookside is set to return to screens – as part of a crossover with current soap Hollyoaks. Hollyoaks celebrates its 30th anniversary in October and will mark the milestone with a special episode that also honours its predecessor Brookside and their creator Sir Phil Redmond. Hollyoaks took over as Channel […]

Everyone TV – the organisation leading the evolution of free TV in the UK – is expanding into streaming devices. Freely, the free streaming platform backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5, will launch on Netgem devices later in 2025, giving audiences the freedom to ‘plug-in and stream’ live and on demand TV […]

Channel 4 has announced four unscripted formats for its new digital channel dedicated to comedy, A Comedy Thing by Channel 4. The new formats have been developed by Strong Watch Studios, who will manage the channel and have been commissioned to produce the first wave of episodes for the channel and additional social content. Each […]