Channel 4 has acquired dramedy Ramy from Lionsgate Television, with season one launching on February 5th on Channel 4 and episodes then available on All 4. Golden Globe winner and comedian Ramy Youssef stars in the titular role as a millennial Egyptian American on a spiritual journey, caught between the two cultures of his politically […]
In a Christmas period like no other, Netgem, the end-to-end TV service for the UK’s growing ‘Altnets’ and challenger ISPs, reveals the busiest ever Christmas season on record, with a 27 per cent year-on-year increase in TV viewing compared to Christmas 2019. This is across Freeview live and on demand as well as additional services […]
Kelly Webb-Lamb, Channel 4’s Deputy Director of Programmes and Head of Popular Factual, has announced her decision to leave the broadcaster later this year. During her five years at Channel 4 Webb-Lamb has worked alongside Ian Katz in realising the channel’s creative strategy, acted as commissioning lead for the 4 All the UK strategy and […]
All four seasons of iconic US teen drama The OC will be launching on the All 4 streaming service on January 22nd. The multiple award-winning show presents the lives of a group of friends and family whose lives have forever been changed by the arrival of an outsider to their affluent oceanside community of Newport […]
Channel 4 has unveiled its most popular shows, viral social clips and viewing trends of 2020, a year which saw growth in viewing across all key platforms, particularly amongst young viewers. In an unprecedented year of global upheaval, viewers have turned to Channel 4 in significant numbers both to its streaming service, All 4, and […]
Alex Mahon, Chief Executive of UK PSB Channel 4, has unveiled a new five-year strategy for the business, Future4 – which will accelerate its pivot to digital and significantly increase both streaming of Channel 4 content and new revenues. Channel 4 says this will underpin the organisation’s commercial self-sufficiency and its reach – ensuring Channel […]
Channel 4 has added a Celebrity Watchlists page, allowing users to see famous names share their recommendations of what they’re watching on the All 4 streaming service. In a press statement, Channel 4 explained: “As these uncertain times continue, we are once again spending more time at home, and with so much viewing choice, many […]
Freeview has renewed its contract with Vestel, the biggest manufacturer of TV sets in Europe, for a further five years. The deal means that the Freeview Play service will have prominence on all new Vestel manufactured TV sets. As well as being Europe’s largest set manufacturer, Vestel is a market leader in the UK, producing […]
Channel 4 has published its Annual Report 2019, describing the year as “a transformational year for the organisation as it delivered the biggest structural change in its history – opening new bases in Leeds, Glasgow and Bristol – and continued to grow its digital viewing and revenues at pace”. Channel 4’s digital views on All […]
Eve sleep, the online sleep wellness brand, will be giving TV viewers the ultimate throwback as they remind the nation of a time when TV broadcasting came to an end each night. In their latest advertising campaign launching on Channel4 on November 1st, Eve sleep will bring back to life the highly recognisable ‘Test Card […]