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UK PSBs bring free TV into streaming age

The UK’s public service  broadcasters’ latest collaboration will see them develop a new free TV service designed to deliver live TV over broadband. For the first time for free, British viewers will be able easily to browse and watch live TV channels together with on-demand content streamed straight to their smart TV via the Internet. […]

September 18, 2023By Colin Mann

Channel 4’s Hollyoaks online even earlier

Hollyoaks, the Channel 4 soap, is now offering fans the chance to catch all the new drama online even sooner, making episodes available to stream the day before they are broadcast on E4. Additionally, for the first time, new episodes will also be available to watch on YouTube the week after streaming and broadcast on […]

September 8, 2023By Nik Roseveare

C4 reveals Black In Business beneficiaries

Channel 4 and Lloyds Bank have revealed the five Black-owned companies which will benefit from business support and free TV advertising as part of their Black In Business initiative. In addition to receiving £100,000 worth of airtime, each of the five business owners will also have a TV advert made for them and six months […]

September 8, 2023

Channel 4.0 launches Harry Potter themed gameshow

Channel 4.0, Channel 4’s digital-first strand for YouTube, is launching a new social branded programme Crowd Sauce: The Search for Wizdem with Warner Bros Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter. Crowd Sauce: The Search for Wizdem sees content creator Harry Pinero challenge fellow social media sensations Mariam Musa and BillyTheGoat to compete […]

September 7, 2023

Channel 4 first FAST channels for US

British broadcaster Channel 4 has launched its first international channels after striking deals with US streaming platforms Tubi, Plex and Xumo Play. Two channels – 4 Adventure and 4 Emergency – will be available on the streaming platforms making hundreds of hours of Channel 4 content, alongside other UK programming, available for free to millions […]

September 4, 2023

Rick and Morty returning to E4

Rick and Morty is making a return to E4 this October with Season 7 of the Emmy Award winning Adult Swim animated series. Karl Warner, Head of Youth and Digital at Channel 4, commented: “We can’t wait to be taken on another laugh out loud ride across the universe with Rick and Morty and the rest […]

August 29, 2023

ITN hires new executive producers

ITN Productions has hired two new executive producers to join its production team: Emmy-nominated series producer and director Nadya Mahdi and BAFTA-nominated programme-maker Jeremy Daldry. Mahdi, a specialist in News, Current Affairs and Factual content for the last 20 years, will take on the Executive Producer role working across genres including true crime, talent-led series and topical programming. […]

August 22, 2023

C4 hires Thomas in Commissioning Editor role

Janine Thomas, has been appointed as Commissioning Editor Current Affairs for the youth strand Untold and will directly report to Louisa Compton, Head of News and Current Affairs, Specialist Factual and Sport. Now in its second series, the youth programming has proved to be remit-defining, with noisy journalism with titles such as Inside the Shein […]

August 18, 2023

14th Floor secures first Channel 4 commission

Channel 4 has commissioned a new series from 14th Floor through the broadcaster’s Diverse Indie Fund. The four-part series will follow Alan Cumming as he embarks on a trip of a lifetime on board the Royal Scotsman, the iconic train that takes guests on one of the world’s greatest rail journeys. In each episode viewers will […]

July 31, 2023

OneGate sees record sales for Baltic Crimes

OneGate Media has secured record-high sales for the crime drama Baltic Crimes. The international series has been sold across 95 countries including the US, France, UK, Japan and Spain. The series produced by Tim Gehrke with Razor Film Production and Polyphon Film, centres around investigators, Karin Lossow, a former district attorney who has returned to […]

July 18, 2023