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Rick and Morty season 5 on E4 this June

Rick and Morty is set to make a return to E4 this June. The fifth season of the Emmy-award-winning animated comedy comprises of 10 episodes and will air on the heels of the US transmission. This new series will see the outrageous dynamic duo get into all sorts of chaotic trouble. Rick and Morty follows […]

March 30, 2021

Khari named C4 Head of Digital Commissioning

Channel 4 has appointed Sacha Khari to the newly created role of Head of Digital Commissioning, reporting into Head of Youth and Digital, Karl Warner. Khari will take on responsibility for all digital content commissioning and acquisition across social and digital platforms, working closely with the Leeds-based 4Studio. He will oversee a team of digital […]

March 23, 2021

Channel 4 appoints prodcos to create E4 digital content

Channel 4 has selected four production companies who will create brand-new digital content aimed at 13-16 year-olds for its Teens strand, to be shared across E4’s social platforms. Following an open call-out last year for new, compelling and diverse digital content ideas, with teens at the heart of the brief, the production companies selected will […]

March 23, 2021

Channel 4, E4 launch on TikTok

Channel 4 has announced the launch of Channel 4 and E4 accounts on TikTok which will feature exclusive content from Hollyoaks, Made in Chelsea and Pete & Sam’s Reality News. Additionally, clipped content from a range of other shows including Gogglebox, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Taskmaster, Celebs Go Dating and First Dates will also […]

March 17, 2021

BritBox UK hits 0.5m subs

BritBox UK has hit its target of half a million subscriptions. The digital video subscription service, which was created by the BBC and ITV and includes content from Channel 4 and Channel 5, launched at the end of 2019 offering a collection of British box-sets available all in one place, including recent programmes as well […]

March 9, 2021

Big Deal Films joins C4’s Indie Growth Fund

Channel 4 has announced that Big Deal Film is to join its Indie Growth Fund portfolio. Initially formed as a talent management company by Dhanny Joshi and Thomas Stogdon, Big Deal Films has established itself as a dynamic new voice in the world of production with a reputation for creating innovative factual, factual entertainment and […]

March 3, 2021

Fargo returns to Channel 4

The Emmy, Golden Globe, AFI, Peabody and TCA Award-winning Limited Series, Fargo will return to Channel 4 for its fourth instalment. Chris Rock, Jason Schwartzman, Salvatore Esposito, Ben Whishaw, Jessie Buckley, Jack Huston, E’myri Crutchfield, Andrew Bird, Anji White, Gaetano Bruno, Sean Fortunato, Jeremie Harris, Corey Hendrix, Matthew Elam, James Vincent Meredith, Francesco Acquaroli, Karen […]

March 3, 2021

TSB digital ad partnership with Channel 4

TSB has formed a digital partnership with Channel 4, to launch its latest TV campaign ‘Life Made More’ which begins immediately and runs through to March 28th. The deal was brokered by the7stars and uses 4Sales’ unique data matching ad product BRANDM4TCH, enabled through partnership with technology platforms InfoSum and Mediarithmics, to reach addressable audiences […]

March 1, 2021

ITN content on SendtoNews

SendtoNews Video (STN), the independent online video platform, has announced that digital video content from ITN, the UK-based television production company, is now available to STN’s 1,800 publishers within North America. ITN will be supplying STN with up to 200 videos per month covering global news, entertainment videos and royal family news. “Providing quality digital […]

February 25, 2021

TV and streaming nominations for 2021 BPG Awards revealed

Three BBC dramas – Normal People, Small Axe and I May Destroy You – lead the nominations for this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild TV and Streaming Awards, alongside two ITV dramas, Des and Quiz. Normal People is shortlisted as Best Drama Series (5+ episodes), and its stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal are nominated as […]

February 18, 2021