Louise Donald has been confirmed as the new Commissioning Executive for Channel 4 Drama, Hollyoaks, Donald is an experienced script and story editor with over fifteen years of script development experience in the UK drama industry. She started her career in Independent Drama Commissioning at the BBC working her way up from Team Assistant to […]
Channel 4 has revealed that it set multiple new streaming records in October 2024. Across the month, seven billion viewing minutes were consumed on Channel 4 streaming – a new monthly record –while October 30th was its biggest day since April with 270 million viewing minutes watched. Married At First Sight UK was the most […]
Following his participation on a panel at the British Screen Forum in London on ‘Where Next For VoD’, Ewan Douglas, Head of Nations/Regions Sales at UK commercial PSB Channel 4 has shared some thoughts on the opportunities for advertisers and broadcasters in the streaming age, admitting he has never been more optimistic about the vital […]
Irish specialist unscripted production company Indiepics has hired the formerly London based showrunner, Eoin O’Shea for the new role of Head of International. O’Shea will be responsible for developing a new slate of films and series for international networks and streamers. Building on Indiepics’ strong position in the Irish market, he will develop relationships […]
This December, Channel 4 will air a Great Christmas Bake Off: Soap Icons special. Paul Hollywood will be joined, as always, by Prue Leith, Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond – and celebrating with them will be stars from EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, who will battle it out to be crowned the Festive Star Baker. The […]
Northern Ireland’s Afro Mic Productions has secured commissions for two new documentaries for Channel 4, with support from Northern Ireland Screen. Secrets of the Christmas Market is an observational documentary filmed in and around Belfast in the lead-up to Christmas. The film offers a behind-the-scenes look at the organisers and vendors who bring the festive […]
Following the crowning of the Taskmaster Season 18 Champion, the brand-new line-up of celebrities taking part in the one-off, seasonal special of Taskmaster’s New Year Treat has been revealed. Gathering an eclectic mix of well-known faces from all corners of the entertainment world, Alex Horne and Greg Davies will put them through their paces in […]
Channel 4 has launched its streaming app on Apple Vision Pro, which blends digital content with the physical world, enabling viewers to experience Channel 4 programming in a new way. Content is now viewable in a cinema-style, full-screen viewing experience overlaid onto viewers’ real-life environments, such as living room walls. Channel 4 is the first […]
Channel 4 has appointed Art Sejdiu as Head of Commissioning Development. Sejdiu’s enhanced role will see him take on responsibility for overseeing the development of unscripted projects, working closely in collaboration with genre HoDs, commissioners and the indies pitching them. He will also be tasked with identifying new opportunities for development across the slate. Sejdiu […]
Channel 4 has announced that its first overnight coverage of a US Presidential Election coverage since 1992 will be livestreamed in full on the broadcaster’s YouTube channel. The announcement builds on Channel 4’s strategic partnership with YouTube to bring programming to digital audiences. It follows the success of the broadcaster’s Paris 2024 Paralympics coverage, which […]