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Facebook News launches in UK

Facebook News, a destination within the Facebook app, has commenced rolling out in the UK. The service features news from hundreds of national, local and lifestyle outlets. Facebook says its new product “puts original journalism in front of new audiences and provides publishers with more advertising and subscription opportunities to build sustainable businesses for the […]

January 26, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Channel 4 acquires Ramy

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 […]

January 26, 2021

Webb-Lamb to exit Channel 4

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 […]

January 14, 2021

C4 names Castle as Diversity and Disability Lead  

Channel 4 has appointed Ally Castle as its new Creative Diversity and Disability Lead. In this newly created role, she will lead on and deliver the disability focused strategic plans as part of the channel’s Creative Diversity strategy. Castle will report into the Head of Creative Diversity, Babita Bahal, and will work closely with independent producers […]

January 7, 2021

The OC joining All 4

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 […]

January 5, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Channel 4 draws record young streamers

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 […]

December 21, 2020

Ofcom calls for UK broadcasting laws overhaul

Traditional UK broadcasting is unlikely to survive in the online world, unless broadcasting laws and regulation are overhauled and broadcasters speed up their transformation for the digital age, concludes regulator Ofcom in its Small Screen: Big Debate review of public service broadcasting (PSB). Ofcom is looking at how to strengthen and maintain PSB for the […]

December 8, 2020By Colin Mann

Arqiva withdraws from Digital UK shareholding

Digital UK, the joint venture which leads the operations and strategy of UK DTT platform and Freeview service, has confirmed that broadcast network infrastructure and transmission services provider Arqiva will stand down as a shareholder in the Company from March 2021. The remaining shareholders – the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 – will now have […]

December 1, 2020By Colin Mann

Channel 4 unveils Future4 digital-first strategy

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 […]

November 26, 2020By Colin Mann

Bake Off final pulls record audience for C4

The final of the 11th series of The Great British Bake Off attracted a record breaking average audience of 9.2 million viewers and a 39.7 per cent share of the viewing audience from 8pm to 9.15pm on November 24th – with a 10.4 million peak (5 mins), making it the competition’s biggest ever overnight audience […]

November 26, 2020