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C4 appoints first multicultural commissioner
From Digital Spy. Posted July 23 2008, 10.50am
Channel 4 appoints Aaqil Ahmed as its first multicultural commissioning editor. (more)

Channel 4 opens awards for young media talent
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 22 2008, 11.00pm
Wide ranging media awards are part of the broadcaster's search for fresh talent (more)

Hamish Mykura: Greens, not Channel 4, create climate-change scepticism
From Media Guardian. Posted July 22 2008, 5.30pm
Hamish Mykura: Don't blame Channel 4. It is greens trying to stamp out dissent who harm their own cause (more)

Leo Hickman: Ofcom's verdict on Channel 4 will feed the conspiracy theorists
From Media Guardian. Posted July 22 2008, 9.30am
Leo Hickman: Ofcom's mixed verdict on The Great Global Warming Swindle will only fuel the conspiracy theorists' climate change fantasies (more)

George Monbiot on Channel 4's global warming documentary
From Media Guardian. Posted July 22 2008, 7.30am
The environmentalist George Monbiot says Channel 4 was wrong to screen a documentary that distorted the views of climate scientists (more)

C4 reprimanded over documentary
From Financial Times. Posted July 22 2008, 3.00am
Channel 4 was reprimanded by Ofcom yesterday over a documentary on climate change that breached impartiality rules, writes Ben Fenton . The broadcasting... (more)

C4's climate change documentary 'was unfair but not misleading'
From The Independent. Posted July 22 2008, 12.00am
A Channel 4 documentary which claimed that the idea of man-made climate change was a fraud and a conspiracy has been censured by the broadcasting regulator. Ofcom. (more)

Watchdog's verdict on Channel 4 climate film angers scientists
From Media Guardian. Posted July 21 2008, 11.07pm
Station cleared of 'materially misleading the audience so as to cause harm or offence' (more)

George Monbiot: Channel 4 is deceiving itself about global warming
From Media Guardian. Posted July 21 2008, 4.30pm
George Monbiot: Channel 4's dismissal of Ofcom's damning verdict about its flawed programme is self-deception on a massive scale (more)

Why does Channel 4 seem to be waging a war against the greens, asks George Monbiot
From Media Guardian. Posted July 21 2008, 4.17pm
Channel 4 has shown a fierce antagonism towards environmentalism, writes George Monbiot (more)

Channel 4's Global warming documentary: Ofcom report at a glance
From Media Guardian. Posted July 21 2008, 2.53pm
The main points of Ofcom's report into the Channel 4 documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle (more)

TV ratings - July 18: .6m see Belinda get Big Brother boot
From Media Guardian. Posted July 21 2008, 1.21pm
The eviction of Belinda Harris-Reid from Channel 4's Big Brother peaked at 3.6 million viewers, but the show was beaten by a repeat of ITV1's A Touch of Frost. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Global warming documentary broke TV rules
From The Independent. Posted July 21 2008, 12.50pm
A controversial Channel 4 documentary about global warming misrepresented the views of the Government's former chief scientist, Ofcom ruled today. (more)

Robert Watson: Ofcom's censure of Channel 4 does not go far enough
From Media Guardian. Posted July 21 2008, 12.37pm
Robert Watson: Ofcom's censure of Channel 4 is flawed: The Great Global Warming Swindle clearly misled viewers about climate change (more)

Ofcom: C4 climate doc 'unfair and biased'
From Digital Spy. Posted July 21 2008, 12.14pm
Channel 4's Great Global Warming Swindle treated top scientists unfairly and was not sufficiently impartial, Ofcom rules. (more)

Channel 4 ruled 'unjust and unfair' in climate change documentary
From Media Guardian. Posted July 21 2008, 10.45am
Ofcom has ruled that Channel 4 breached broadcasting codes on impartiality and was 'unjust and unfair' in the way it represented individuals in its documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle. By Mark Sweney (more)

Channel 4 misrepresented science with climate change doc
From Press Gazette. Posted July 21 2008, 12.00am
Channel 4 misrepresented the views of a group of leading scientists and failed to act with "due impartiality" in a controversial documentary on climate change last year, the broadcast regulator has ruled today. (more)

Ofcom: Channel 4 misrepresented scientists' views in climate change programme
From Press Gazette. Posted July 21 2008, 12.00am
Channel 4 misrepresented the views of a group of leading scientists and failed to act with "due impartiality" in a controversial documentary on climate change last year, the broadcast regulator has ruled today. (more)

Aaqil appointed multicultural role at C4
From Biz Asia. Posted July 19 2008, 11.06am
Channel 4 has announced the appointment of Aaqil Ahmed as its new Multicultural Commissioning Editor. He will still remain the commissioning editor for religion. The new role has been created as part of Channel 4's promise to reconnect with its mission to give a voice to minorities. The broadcaster is injecting £2m to commission more multicultural programmes in peak time. Under the brand 'Next on 4 initiatives', Channel 4 will foster greater diversity within its shows and working practices. Julian Bellamy, Head of Channel 4, said: "Aaqil already has a strong track record in commissioning powerful and provocative films for Channel 4. His new role will enable him to extend his role into 9pm and 10pm, and will encourage new multicultural ideas and talent to find a home at the Channel." Aaqil Ahmed said: "This is an exciting moment with Channel 4’s renewed commitment to multicultural programming and I’m looking forward to helping to deliver a distinctive take on what modern multicultural programming should be." Aaqil has been behind the current ongoing season on Islam, which includes the Antony Thomas' documentary 'The Quran'. (more)

The baffling power of faith and fantasy
From Financial Times. Posted July 19 2008, 3.00am
Star programme of the week was The Qur'an (Channel 4, Monday). Scrupulous, sympathetic and patiently didactic, it did the task for which Channel 4 was conceived:... (more)

Channel 4 to be censured over controversial climate film
From Media Guardian. Posted July 18 2008, 11.06pm
Watchdog finds documentary was unfair to scientists but did not mislead viewers (more)

Music TV channel The Hits to be rebranded 4Music
From Media Guardian. Posted July 17 2008, 4.20pm
Music TV channel The Hits, which is owned by Channel 4 and Bauer Media joint venture company Box TV, is to be rebranded as 4Music. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Ofcom chairman raps BBC over licence fee
From The Times. Posted July 17 2008, 3.18pm
Lord Currie, chairman of Ofcom, warned the BBC that it could still be forced to share some of its £3.4 billion licence fee with other broadcasters, in an assertive speech that warned of financial problems facing both ITV and Channel 4. (more)

Channel 4 ?The Insiders?
From UTalk Marketing. Posted July 15 2008, 6.19pm
New web project (more)

Danny Dyer blames C4 for hair loss
From Digital Spy. Posted July 15 2008, 11.06am
Danny Dyer says the hair dye he used for a role in Channel 4 drama has caused his hair loss. (more)

Obituary: Paul Makin
From Media Guardian. Posted July 14 2008, 11.53pm
Obituary: Comedy writer known for Channel 4's surreal sitcom Nightingales (more)

C4 confirms Generation Next lineup
From Digital Spy. Posted July 14 2008, 8.24pm
Channel 4 confirms details of a month of shows supporting and encouraging new creative talent. (more)

Channel 4 confirm 'Transmission' series
From Digital Spy. Posted July 14 2008, 2.19pm
Channel 4 confirms the fourth series of live music show T-Mobile Transmission. (more)

Mighty Boosh writer Roger Drew signs up to Channel 4 careers project
From Media Guardian. Posted July 14 2008, 11.07am
Channel 4 has recruited Mighty Boosh writer Roger Drew to fictionalise the professional lives of a doctor, police officer and actress as part of a careers guidance project. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Mighty Boosh's Roger Drew writes for Channel 4 careers project
From Media Guardian. Posted July 14 2008, 11.07am
Channel 4 for is launching a careers guidance project with the help of Mighty Boosh writer Roger Drew. By Jemima Kiss (more)

'Personal Services' pair cry foul on show
From Digital Spy. Posted July 14 2008, 10.14am
A couple who featured in Channel 4's Personal Services Required say they were misrepresented. (more)

Channel 4 News: Newscasters with attitude
From The Independent. Posted July 14 2008, 12.00am
The second hand on the gallery clock has approximately 30 ticks left to count before Channel 4 News goes on air yet where others might be paralysed by fear, the co-presenters in the Gray's Inn Road studio are still indulging in last minute banter, Krishnan Guru-Murthy casually informing Jon Snow of "the physical resemblance between you and Max Mosley". (more)

My Life in Media: Steve Jones
From The Independent. Posted July 14 2008, 12.00am
Steve Jones, 31, presents T4, Channel 4's weekend show. He grew up in South Wales and worked in London as a model before breaking into television. Despite having been linked to a string of his interviewees, including Pamela Anderson and Halle Berry, he is currently single. He has his first film acting role in Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, which is released later this month. He lives in London. (more)

TV firm attacked over 'walkout' by Queen in more reality show trouble
From Media Guardian. Posted July 12 2008, 11.02pm
Participants in Channel 4 reality show claim it was edited to make them look ridiculous (more)

TV ratings - July 10: Channel 4's Charlotte Church Show returns with 2.2m viewers
From Media Guardian. Posted July 11 2008, 11.57am
TV ratings: Charlotte Church's Channel 4 chatshow has returned for a third series, attracting just over 2 million viewers. By Jason Deans (more)

Channel 4 wins 'pregnant man' doc
From Digital Spy. Posted July 10 2008, 4.33pm
A documentary on "pregnant man" Thomas Beatie will air exclusively on Channel 4 in the UK. (more)

C4 and Red Bee confirm outsourcing plans
From Digital Spy. Posted July 9 2008, 9.32am
Channel 4 finalises a deal to outsource a large proportion of its broadcast operations. (more)

Channel 4 plans move into video games
From Digital Spy. Posted July 8 2008, 2.56pm
Broadcaster Channel 4 signs deal with a games developer as it plans its move into the business. (more)

Sex and politics: June Sarpong on life after TV
From The Independent. Posted July 8 2008, 12.00am
June Sarpong has always been a bit political. The 31-year-old might be best known to teenagers as the anchor of the Channel 4 Sunday morning magazine T4 – but she is known in Westminster as the ex-girlfriend of David Lammy, the former arts minister. She works for several charities, such as Kids Company, The Prince's Trust and Make Poverty History – and she has interviewed Tony Blair, Al Gore, Bill Clinton and Gordon Brown. (more)

My Mentor: Greg Burns on Jonathan Ross
From The Independent. Posted July 7 2008, 12.00am
I watched Jonathan Ross on television from the age of 11 or 12. There was nobody like him on BBC1 at the time. I wouldn't have been aware of the American chat show influences that he drew from, such as David Letterman and Jay Leno, but I was intrigued by him. He was so different, and the forerunner for the Channel 4 revolution that came later. (more)

C4 Costello series features Clinton, Elton
From Digital Spy. Posted July 4 2008, 12.57pm
A Channel 4 series fronted by Elvis Costello is to feature Bill Clinton, Sir Elton John and Lou Reed. (more)

Wogan quiz wins Richard and Judy slot
From Digital Spy. Posted July 4 2008, 12.18pm
Channel 4 commissions a new Terry Wogan quiz show to air at teatime. (more)

TV ratings - Thursday July 3: Channel 4's Fallout watched by 1.4m
From Media Guardian. Posted July 4 2008, 11.45am
Hard-hitting drama Fallout drew 1.4 million viewers, concluding Channel 4's Disarming Britain series on gun and knife crime. By Jemima Kiss (more)

C4 making Lil' Chris chatshow series
From Digital Spy. Posted July 4 2008, 8.12am
Channel 4 is making a series of Everybody Loves Lil' Chris. (more)

Wogan's Total Recall: Sir Terry to step into Richard and Judy's shoes
From Media Guardian. Posted July 4 2008, 6.23am
Broadcasting veteran Terry Wogan has been asked to make a four-week run of a new quiz show that will air on Channel 4 later this year. By Tara Conlan (more)

Guardian: Channel 4 ponders move into regional news
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 3 2008, 2.41pm
Channel 4 is mulling over the a possible move into the gap in regional news broadcasting left by the retreat of ITV services. The broadcaster is in discussion with Ofcom and ITV about investing funds in regional news services and infrastructure - a move which could strengthen its public service broadcasting hand. (more)

C4 considering move into regional news
From Digital Spy. Posted July 3 2008, 11.11am
Channel 4 is considering a move into regional news, initially with online content. (more)

Channel 4 ponders move into regional news as ITV retreats
From Media Guardian. Posted July 3 2008, 10.41am
Channel 4 is considering a move into regional news in a bid to fill the gap left by ITV cutbacks and strengthen its public service broadcasting settlement hand. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Channel 4 recreates The Shining to promote its Kubrick season
From Media Guardian. Posted July 3 2008, 10.02am
Channel 4 has shot a 65-second promotional film which recreates the set of Kubrick's classic horror film, The Shining. By Mark Sweney (more)

Watch promo for More4's Kubrick season
From Media Guardian. Posted July 3 2008, 9.50am
Promo, shot from the point of view of Stanley Kubrick, to promote a More4 season of the director's films. Made by Channel 4 Creative Services (more)

TV?s importance to advertisers highlighted by Channel 4 chief
From UTalk Marketing. Posted July 1 2008, 5.48pm
?Intellectual elite? slammed (more)

Chris Moyles lands C4 pilot show
From Digital Spy. Posted July 1 2008, 5.01pm
Chris Moyles is approached to front his own Channel 4 entertainment programme. (more)

BBC, ITV, C4 "frustrated" at Kangaroo setback
From Digital Spy. Posted July 1 2008, 4.50pm
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are "frustrated" at yesterday's regulatory setback but paint it as just a "delay" to Kangaroo. (more)

Kangaroo setback "frustrates" broadcasters
From Digital Spy. Posted July 1 2008, 4.50pm
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are "frustrated" at yesterday's regulatory setback but paint it as just a "delay" to Kangaroo. (more)

Channel 4 paid my captors, says kidnapped documentary maker Sean Langan
From Media Guardian. Posted July 1 2008, 9.54am
Documentary maker Sean Langan, who was held hostage by a group associated with the Taliban, has said he believes Channel 4 paid "compensation" to those who were holding him to secure his release. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Watch clip from The Sex Life of Twins
From Media Guardian. Posted July 1 2008, 8.17am
Fox TV factual programme producer and former Channel 4 head of science and education Simon Andreae talks about the similarities - in the nether regions - between him and his twin brother, Giles. The clip is an excerpt from Virgin Media show The Sex Life of Twins, which airs on July 9 at 10pm on Virgin1 (more)

Competition inquiry delays broadcasters' online service
From Media Guardian. Posted June 30 2008, 11.06pm
Oline video on demand service from BBC, ITV and Channel 4, stalled as project is referred to Competition Commission (more)

Probe of video-on-demand venture
From BBC News. Posted June 30 2008, 1.49pm
A video-on-demand venture between the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV is referred to the Competition Commission. (more)

Probe of video-on-demand plan
From BBC News. Posted June 30 2008, 1.49pm
A video-on-demand venture between the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV is referred to the Competition Commission. (more)

Michael Grade attacks referral of BBC/ITV/Channel 4 on-demand service Kangaroo to Competition Commission
From Media Guardian. Posted June 30 2008, 1.23pm
Michael Grade has criticised the OFT's decision to refer proposed video-on demand service Kangaroo to the Competition Commission. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Kangaroo faces competition scrutiny
From Digital Spy. Posted June 30 2008, 1.09pm
Kangaroo, the proposed commercial VOD service from BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, is referred to the Competition Commission. (more)

Andy Duncan: Channel 4's chief writing the script for what's next on TV
From The Independent. Posted June 28 2008, 12.00am
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Media Talk podcast: the Heinz male kiss, the BBC refusing to share the licence fee, and a record fine for GCAP
From Media Guardian. Posted June 27 2008, 11.44am
More rumblings between Ofcom, the BBC, and Channel 4 over public service broadcasting. Was Heinz's male kiss ad too saucy for TV? With Matt Wells, Maggie Brown, Stephen Brook, and Anna Pickard (more)

Jon Snow takes role in web game for Channel 4's Disarming Britain season
From Media Guardian. Posted June 26 2008, 6.43am
Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow is making his computer game debut in support of the broadcaster's Disarming Britain season. By Ben Dowell (more)

Protecting C4
From Financial Times. Posted June 26 2008, 3.00am
Channel 4 has again been pressing its case for a slice of licence fee money to help support its public service remit. Last night its evening fare included Location,... (more)

My Week:  Jonathan Rugman
From Press Gazette. Posted June 26 2008, 12.00am
Channel 4 News' ?diplomatic editor may have missed out on covering George Bush's visit to London, but he did interview Kofi Annan, work on a package about Zimbabwe's torture camps, seek out parrots in a Belgian zoo to liven up an EU story... (more)

BBC urged to share profits
From Daily Telegraph. Posted June 25 2008, 12.01am
The UK’s £2bn independent television production sector has called for the BBC to share the profits from its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, with Channel 4. (more)

ITN to provide archive video footage for Al Jazeera
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 24 2008, 4.17pm
ITN Source has signed a 'six figure' deal with Al Jazeera to make 800,000 hours of archived video content available to the broadcaster, a press release has said. The network and production companies making programmes for Al Jazeera will have access to footage from Channel 4, Reuters, Granada and ITN as part of the deal. The agreement [...] (more)

PA : Dispatches reporter Sean Langan released by Taliban
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 24 2008, 8.32am
Sean Langan, a freelance journalist kidnapped by the Taliban three months ago, has been freed. Langan, who was working on a Channel 4 Dispatches programme, was taken on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He was released on Saturday night. (more)

BBC rejects sharing licence fee with C4
From Financial Times. Posted June 24 2008, 3.00am
The BBC fought off suggestions yesterday that it should share part of its £3.2bn licence fee with Channel 4, suggesting instead that its commercial rival should... (more)

Kidnapped C4 reporter freed after 3 months
From Press Gazette. Posted June 24 2008, 12.00am
A freelance journalist who had been kidnapped by a group associated with the Taliban while working for Channel 4's Dispatches has returned to the UK after a three month ordeal. (more)

Channel 4 cuts programme spending despite help offer from BBC
From The Times. Posted June 23 2008, 11.40pm
Channel 4 said that it would have to cut its spending on new television programmes in a response to a 2 per cent fall in TV advertising revenues as the downturn begins to bite. (more)

Kidnapped reporter freed by militants
From Media Guardian. Posted June 23 2008, 11.32pm
Channel 4 reporter due back in UK three months after being kidnapped whilst filming on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border (more)

BBC rules out licence fee cash to aid rivals
From Media Guardian. Posted June 23 2008, 11.08pm
Funding model underpinning ITV, Channel 4 and Five come under pressure from technological change (more)

C4 sits on the fence over PSB funding
From Digital Spy. Posted June 23 2008, 6.25pm
Channel 4 has yet to decide where it wants the government to find additional funding for it. (more)

Channel 4: BBC's 'practical partnership' proposal must stand up
From Media Guardian. Posted June 23 2008, 2.33pm
Channel 4's chief executive, Andy Duncan, has said the BBC's "practical partnership" proposals must make a "material difference". By Mark Sweney (more)

BBC closes door on Channel 4 Worldwide share
From Media Guardian. Posted June 23 2008, 2.09pm
The BBC has rejected the idea of Channel 4 receiving a stake in BBC Worldwide to help solve its estimated £150m funding gap. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Channel 4 examines the emotional dramas that lie beneath the crime headlines
From The Independent. Posted June 23 2008, 12.00am
"Knife mad Britain", says the Sunday Mirror. "Girl 13, knifed in playground", is a headline in London's Evening Standard. "Crime of our time", opines the Daily Mail. Read virtually any story on knife crime and you are left in no doubt that the press sees it as a growing problem, with the ages of those involved helping to drive the subject to the top of the media agenda. But for award-winning writer Roy Williams, who has been commissioned by Channel 4 to shed light on this wave of stabbings by making a 90-minute drama as a centrepiece for its Disarming Britain season, tabloid stories do little more than scratch the surface of the issue. (more)

RTÉ?s new TV station for diaspora in UK will be free-to-air
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 22 2008, 12.49pm
Irish public broadcaster RTÉ’s new TV channel for the Irish diaspora in the UK, due to launch on March 17, 2009 will be free-to-air (FTA). The new channel will be broadcast from the same satellite as British FTA channels produced by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. These signals can be received anywhere in Britain and Ireland, as well [...] (more)

Channel 4's 'Britz' to be aired in America
From Biz Asia. Posted June 20 2008, 4.33pm
Channel 4's popular one-off drama 'Britz' two British-born Muslims has been acquired by cable channel BBC America. The deal means, 'Britz' will be shown on US TV later this year. The 2 x 120-minute miniseries, directed by Peter Kosminsky (The Government Inspector) and produced by Daybreak Pictures, was sold to BBC America by Channel 4 International. 'Britz' was shown on Channel 4 last October. Related link: Channel 4 to air post 9/11 Britain thriller (more)

Alex's BB exit sets C4+1 ratings record
From Digital Spy. Posted June 20 2008, 1.04pm
Channel 4 took full advantage of Alex's Big Brother thanks to its one-hour timeshift last night. (more)

TV ratings - June 19: Big Brother gives Channel 4 +1 record ratings
From Media Guardian. Posted June 20 2008, 10.38am
Channel 4's digital time-shift service Channel 4 +1 pulled in its highest audience since launching thanks to Alexandra De-Gale's ejection from Big Brother. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

TV ratings - June 18: Tribal Wives beaten by River Cottage
From Media Guardian. Posted June 19 2008, 1.40pm
BBC2's Tribal Wives debuted with 2.3 million viewers, but Channel 4's River Cottage Spring pulled in 2.6 million in the same slot. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

TV ratings - July 12: Channel 4 +1 numbers add up for Big Brother
From Media Guardian. Posted June 13 2008, 12.27pm
Timeshift service Channel 4 +1 added nearly 500,000 viewers to Big Brother's figures. By Natalie Whelan (more)

TV ratings - June 10: Gordon Ramsay's F Word hits series high
From Media Guardian. Posted June 11 2008, 11.58am
Gordon Ramsay's F Word was savoured by 3.5 million viewers, giving Channel 4 a 17% share of the audience in the 9pm hour. By John Plunkett (more)

Channel 4 News to liveblog terror debate
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 11 2008, 9.49am
Channel 4 News is set to use liveblogging service CoverItLive to report on today's House of Commons debate on the proposed 42-day pre-charge detention period for terrorism suspects. Terror Blog Live! will cover the debate, which will begin after Prime Minister's questions, and continue the coverage during the show's 7pm bulletin after the plans have been [...] (more)

Channel 4: Plan for stake in BBC Worldwide gathers momentum
From Media Guardian. Posted June 10 2008, 6.08am
Giving Channel 4 a stake in BBC Worldwide could be the most politically acceptable way to plug the broadcaster's £150m funding gap. By Tara Conlan (more)

The Simpsons: Channel 4 apologises for pre-watershed swearing
From Media Guardian. Posted June 9 2008, 2.33pm
Channel 4 has apologised for an administrative error that led to the broadcast of the word 'wankers' in an edition of The Simpsons shown last month at 6pm. By Ben Dowell (more)

Channel 4: Mykura to take over as More4 head
From Media Guardian. Posted June 9 2008, 10.48am
Channel 4's head of documentaries, Hamish Mykura, is to take over from Peter Dale as head of More4. By Ben Dowell (more)

TV ratings - June 8: Big Brother audience is bolstered by 'timeshift' viewers
From Media Guardian. Posted June 9 2008, 10.35am
Big Brother pulled in 3.2 million viewers, around the same figures as the show was attracting at the same stage last year, including Channel 4+1 figures. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Ken Livingstone documentary cleared by Ofcom
From Press Gazette. Posted June 9 2008, 12.00am
A Channel 4 investigation examining Ken Livingstone's eight-year tenure as London mayor has been cleared by the broadcasting watchdog. (more)

Media giants protest about BBC internet TV service
From Daily Telegraph. Posted June 8 2008, 12.01am
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are facing opposition to their plan to launch a joint online television service, codenamed Kangaroo, from media groups concerned about its potential to stifle competition. (more)

Media giants protest about Kangaroo
From Daily Telegraph. Posted June 8 2008, 12.01am
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are facing opposition to their plan to launch a joint online television service, codenamed Kangaroo, from media groups concerned about its potential to stifle competition. (more)

Sam Wollaston on Liverpool and Peep Show
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 11.07pm
Sam Wollaston on Alexei Sayle's Liverpool (BBC2) and Peep Show (Channel 4) (more)

Caroline Thomson: 'BBC should share some of its advantages'
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 2.55pm
BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson has offered an olive branch to Channel 4 over the issue of its future funding. By Tara Conlan (more)

TV ratings: Big Brother launch night draws 5m viewers
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 9.36am
Big Brother returned to Channel 4 for its ninth series with more than 5m viewers - a million down on last year's launch show. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Big Brother 2008 housemates
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 7.24am
Meet the 16 contestants in this year's Big Brother 9, in which Channel 4 has vowed to impose a 'zero-tolerance' regime on the housemates (more)

'F Word' puts Channel 4 above ITV
From Digital Spy. Posted June 5 2008, 9.12am
Channel 4 pushed ahead of ITV1 in the ratings on Tuesday thanks to Gordon Ramsay's F Word. (more)

Brussels probes digital TV cash
From Financial Times. Posted June 5 2008, 3.00am
The European Commission has told the UK to prove that £14m that will be paid by the BBC to Channel 4 to help with the costs of switching to digital-only... (more)

Battle over aid for digital C4
From Media Guardian. Posted June 4 2008, 11.05pm
Government faces battle with European commission over plan to hand part of BBC licence fee to Channel 4 (more)

Dale leaves Channel 4 to set up production company
From The Stage. Posted June 4 2008, 3.20pm
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More4 launch chief quits Channel 4
From Digital Spy. Posted June 4 2008, 10.44am
More4 head Peter Dale is leaving Channel 4 after ten years to start his own production firm. (more)

Channel 4: EC minded to block BBC aid for digital switchover
From Media Guardian. Posted June 4 2008, 10.28am
The European commission has decided that the UK government's decision to make the BBC pay Channel 4's digital switchover costs of £14m appears to fall foul of the state aid rules. By Maggie Brown (more)

Channel 4: EU minded to block BBC aid for digital switchover
From Media Guardian. Posted June 4 2008, 10.28am
The European commission has decided that the UK government's plan to use BBC licence fee money to pay Channel 4's £14m digital switchover costs appears to fall foul of state aid rules. By Maggie Brown (more)

Peter Dale: More4 chief steps down to launch production company
From Media Guardian. Posted June 3 2008, 5.13pm
Peter Dale, the head of Channel 4 digital channel More4, is to leave to set up an independent production company. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Channel 4 pulls Alexa Chung-fronted Devil Wears Primark documentary
From Media Guardian. Posted June 2 2008, 9.07am
Channel 4 pulled a potentially controversial documentary about low-cost clothes stores, called The Devil Wears Primark. By Mark Sweney (more)

TV ratings: 2.2m watch Honda live ad on Channel 4
From Media Guardian. Posted May 30 2008, 2.01pm
Honda's live skydiving advert on Channel 4 was watched by an average of 2.2 million viewers. By Tara Conlan (more)

Daniel Mays replaces Rory Kinnear in Channel 4's Plus One
From The Stage. Posted May 30 2008, 1.00pm
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Disarming Britain: Channel 4 promotes anti-gun season
From Media Guardian. Posted May 30 2008, 12.23pm
Channel 4 is to launch a TV ad featuring youths shooting people by making a gun salute to promote a new season of shows called Disarming Britain. By Mark Sweney (more)

Video: Watch a trailer for Channel 4's gun crime season
From Media Guardian. Posted May 30 2008, 12.10pm
Channel 4's Disarming Britain season takes a look at the growing use of violence and weapons by young people (more)

Video: Watch Honda's live TV ad
From Media Guardian. Posted May 30 2008, 11.34am
See Honda's skydiving advert, aired live on Channel 4 (more)

Honda skydivers push limits of TV adverts
From Financial Times. Posted May 30 2008, 2.59am
Channel 4 broadcasts a live jump, in which 19 stuntmen spell out the carmaker's brand name, in order to tackle the problem of viewers tuning out of traditional commercials (more)

TV deception scandal prompts C4 and Five to issue joint guidelines
From Media Guardian. Posted May 29 2008, 6.32am
Channel 4 and Channel Five have collaborated on a programme-makers' handbook designed to stamp out the TV deception incidents that dogged the industry last year. By Tara Conlan. (more)

A small step for man - a big jump for TV commercials: C4 launches live adverts
From Media Guardian. Posted May 28 2008, 11.15pm
Channel 4 and Honda stage the first ever live advert on British television, featuring a team of skydivers leaping out of a plane over Madrid (more)

Bidding war begins as rivals try to tempt Alan Carr away from Channel 4
From The Independent. Posted May 28 2008, 12.00am
The days of working as a struggling comedian on the Manchester circuit are long gone for Alan Carr. With his thick-rimmed spectacles and impossibly white teeth, the co-host of Channel 4's Friday Night Project has become one of television's most instantly recognisable faces during the past three years and now his growing popularity seems about to pay off. (more)

TV ratings - May 25: DiCaprio documentary draws fewer than 1m
From Media Guardian. Posted May 27 2008, 1.43pm
Channel 4's broadcast of the Leonardo DiCaprio environment documentary The 11th Hour was watched by 800,000 viewers. By Ben Dowell (more)

TV ratings - May 23: Poor finish for Dirty Sexy Money
From Media Guardian. Posted May 27 2008, 12.20pm
Channel 4's US drama import Dirty Sexy Money limped to a close with just 800,000 viewers, coming last in its time slot among its analogue terrestrial rivals. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

New DAB toy for Channel 4
From Radio Today. Posted May 27 2008, 12.08pm
Channel 4 is reportedly in talks with electronic manufacturers to create a small branded DAB digital radio plug-in for iPods and mobiles phones, and hopes to makes them available for no more than £20. (more)

UK?s Channel 4 Radio hopes mobile phone development will save DAB
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 27 2008, 10.21am
The UK’s Channel 4 Radio is in talks with electronics manufacturers to create a branded plug-in DAB device that would enable mobile phone and iPod users to access digital radio. The news comes as the broadcaster prepares to launch digital station E4 Radio later this year. It is keen to develop an E4 or Channel [...] (more)

Channel 4 hopes mobile gadget will save DAB
From The Times. Posted May 27 2008, 12.00am
A new electronic device that enables mobile phone users to plug into digital radio will rescue digital audio broadcasting, Channel 4 Radio believes. (more)

Channel 4 digital radio launch faced with 'crucial' issues, says Bob Shennan
From Media Guardian. Posted May 22 2008, 11.38am
Channel 4 radio chief Bob Shennan has admitted that there are 'crucial issues that have to be overcome' before the launch of E4 Radio. By John Plunkett (more)

The question: Who's harder, Bear or Ray?
From Media Guardian. Posted May 20 2008, 11.04pm
Lucy Mangan: According to the BBC's survivalist expert Ray Mears, he is. Mears has damned his Channel 4 counterpart Bear Grylls as 'a boy scout.' (more)

Channel 4 News embeds video in news stories
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 20 2008, 2.36pm
Channel 4 has overhauled its online video offering by embedding clips from its programming in news articles across the site. Clips and interviews from the evening news programme, News at Noon show and More 4 News will be embedded and available in a separate pop-up window. And, even better, the code for the footage is available [...] (more)

E4 to be focus for US drama and comedy
From Digital Spy. Posted May 19 2008, 11.13am
Channel 4 is to focus its US drama and comedy purchases on E4. (more)

Nick Cohen: At last, an apology from foolish policemen
From Media Guardian. Posted May 17 2008, 11.05pm
Nick Cohen: When Channel 4 tried to expose bigotries of Saudi-backed clerics it came up against the West Midlands police (more)

Last night's TV: Am I Derren's evil plaything?
From Media Guardian. Posted May 16 2008, 11.03pm
Leo Benedictus on Derren Brown: Trick or Treat and Peep Show (both Channel 4) (more)

'Peep Show' gets sixth series order
From Digital Spy. Posted May 16 2008, 12.40pm
Channel 4 commissions a sixth series of Peep Show. (more)

ITV and C4 'pitching hard' for BBC online programme ads
From Daily Telegraph. Posted May 16 2008, 12.01am
ITV, Channel 4 and online sales house Ad2One are vying for a contract to sell online advertising around BBC programmes that will be worth millions of pounds a year to the Corporation. (more)

Police apologise for mosque documentary slur
From The Independent. Posted May 15 2008, 1.52pm
The Crown Prosecution Service and West Midlands Police today publicly apologised and paid a six-figure sum for accusing a Channel 4 documentary exposing extremism in Britain's mosques of misleading editing, the broadcaster said today. (more)

Channel 4 and Hardcash to donate Undercover Mosque libel damages award to charity
From Media Guardian. Posted May 15 2008, 12.25pm
Channel 4 and independent producer Hardcash are to donate their £50,000 Undercover Mosque libel damages award to charity. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

BBC chairman rejects "top slicing" to C4
From Digital Spy. Posted May 15 2008, 10.40am
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons says Channel 4 should not get a share of TV licence proceeds. (more)

Kangaroo targets autumn rollout
From Media Guardian. Posted May 15 2008, 9.00am
Kangaroo, the internet TV joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, is set to launch this autumn. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Police to pay TV team damages
From Financial Times. Posted May 15 2008, 3.00am
West Midlands police and the Crown Prosecution Service have paid the makers of a Channel 4 documentary six-figure libel damages and will apologise to them in court... (more)

Channel 4 wins £100k damages from West Mids Police
From Press Gazette. Posted May 15 2008, 12.00am
The Crown Prosecution Service and West Midlands Police are due to publicly apologise and pay £100,000 damages for accusing a Channel 4 documentary exposing extremism in Britain's mosques of misleading editing, the broadcaster has said. (more)

Channel 4 wins damages from West Midlands Police
From Press Gazette. Posted May 15 2008, 12.00am
The Crown Prosecution Service and West Midlands Police are due to publicly apologise and pay £100,000 damages for accusing a Channel 4 documentary exposing extremism in Britain's mosques of misleading editing, the broadcaster has said. (more)

Police and CPS apologise to programme makers
From Media Guardian. Posted May 14 2008, 11.43pm
Six-figure libel damages to Channel 4 and the independent makers of a Dispatches documentary (more)

Andy Duncan 'fed up' by Channel 4 funding 'squabble'
From Media Guardian. Posted May 14 2008, 2.09pm
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has said he is fed up with rival broadcasters 'squabbling' over the issue of his organisation's funding. By Mark Sweney (more)

Channel 4 to show Leonardo DiCaprio environment documentary
From Media Guardian. Posted May 14 2008, 12.01pm
Channel 4 is to broadcast The 11th Hour, the polemical documentary about the environment fronted by Leonardo DiCaprio. By Ben Dowell (more)

ASA bans Skins 'orgy' poster ad
From Media Guardian. Posted May 14 2008, 6.17am
The ASA has banned a poster for Channel 4's Skins after dozens of complaints over the nudity and sex it depicted. By Mark Sweney (more)

Licence fee is not 'back pocket' of cash, BBC chief tells government
From Media Guardian. Posted May 13 2008, 11.14pm
Chairman of BBC criticises Channel 4's quest for public money, saying it risks becoming "BBC5" (more)

BBC, ITV, C4 joint VoD 'named SeeSaw'
From Digital Spy. Posted May 13 2008, 11.20am
The VoD service being developed by BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 will reportedly be named SeeSaw. (more)

Boy A wins at Bafta craft awards
From Media Guardian. Posted May 12 2008, 9.28am
Channel 4's hard-hitting drama Boy A led the winners last night at the Bafta craft awards, which reward the behind-the-scenes talent. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

EMI and Channel 4 to provide content for Microsoft TV launch
From Media Guardian. Posted May 12 2008, 6.09am
Microsoft has struck deals with EMI and Channel 4 to provide content for the launch of a TV offering on MSN's instant messenger service. By Mark Sweney (more)

Interview: Vanni Treves, corporate charmer coaxing cash for children's charity
From Media Guardian. Posted May 8 2008, 11.42pm
Vanni Treves has been chairman of Channel 4 and Equitable Life but, hunted as a boy, his passion is for the NSPCC. By Phillip Inman (more)

Channel 4's drama head Alkin set for Big Talk role
From The Stage. Posted May 7 2008, 5.40pm
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Channel 4 writing competition's winning entries to be broadcast online
From The Stage. Posted May 7 2008, 5.40pm
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PPA Magazines 2008: Channel 4’s Big Art Mob
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 7 2008, 2.06pm
Adam Gee, commisioning editor for Channel 4's new media factual division, has explained the broadcaster's Big Art Mob project to delegates at the PPA's annual conference. According to Gee the project is the first catalogue of public artworks ever collated and the first use of moblogging on this scale by a broadcaster in the UK. The project [...] (more)

Virgin Mobile sponsors Big Brother 9
From Media Guardian. Posted May 7 2008, 1.47pm
Virgin Mobile has signed up to sponsor Channel 4's flagship summer series Big Brother 9, continuing its relationship with the reality show. By Mark Sweney (more)

C4 may use part of DAB mux for mobile TV
From Digital Spy. Posted May 7 2008, 11.18am
Channel 4 may use part of the second national DAB multiplex to transmit mobile television. (more)

Channel 4 hires Daniel Heaf from BBC
From Media Guardian. Posted May 7 2008, 10.46am
C4 has hired BBC Worldwide's director of digital ventures, Daniel Heaf, to work on interactive projects across its radio, TV and online output. By John Plunkett (more)

Fifth 'Peep Show' series opens to 1.4m
From Digital Spy. Posted May 6 2008, 5.24pm
The first in a new series of Peep Show wins a respectable audience for Channel 4. (more)

Pegg refuses to support US 'Spaced'
From Digital Spy. Posted May 4 2008, 3.06pm
Simon Pegg says he won't back the US version of his Channel 4 sitcom Spaced. (more)

C4 series to follow families on travels
From Digital Spy. Posted May 1 2008, 4.22pm
A new series for Channel 4 will follow families on "gap year" travels around the globe. (more)

Channel 4 news using Twitter for behind-the-scenes coverage
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 1 2008, 10.38am
The Channel 4 news team is making good use of microblogging service Twitter setting up two accounts: one for news about the programme as it goes to air; the other filled with titbits by the newsroom's blogger. I'm yet to test how responsive they are to followers, but still this is a good example of using [...] (more)

'Embarrassing Bodies' are a net hit for C4
From Digital Spy. Posted April 30 2008, 10.22pm
Embarrassing Bodies accounts for 35% of Channel 4's web traffic since the show's launch. (more)

Web TV archive faces 'merger' scrutiny
From Financial Times. Posted April 29 2008, 7.27pm
The Office of Fair Trading will look into whether a joint venture by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 to broadcast archive programmes over the internet represents an anti-competitive merger (more)

C4 seeks teen activists for new series
From Digital Spy. Posted April 29 2008, 4.58pm
Channel 4 is recruiting 20 teenage activists to take part in a nine-month project and TV series. (more)

Channel 4 plans 'Jackass' sex education coverage
From Media Guardian. Posted April 29 2008, 2.05pm
Channel 4 is refreshing its sex education coverage for teenagers with a project that combines 'Jackass with Brainiac and the Gorillaz', it has revealed. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Competition concerns over BBC/ITV/Channel 4 on-demand tie-up Kangaroo
From Media Guardian. Posted April 29 2008, 1.41pm
The Office of Fair Trading has flagged up potential competition concerns with Kangaroo, the on-demand service planned by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

TV ratings - April 28: Medical show avoids embarrassment
From Media Guardian. Posted April 29 2008, 12.47pm
The first episode of Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies, which focuses on intimate medical complaints, attracted 2.6 million viewers. By Ben Dowell (more)

Channel 4 on Hunt for New Talent
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 29 2008, 8.01am
Channel 4 is looking for material from young people, aged under 30, as part of a scheme recognising filmmaking, radio presenting, writing and various media other skills. Says 4Talent’s website: “Part of [our] purpose is to act as talent spotters - not for toothy wannabes in... (more)

Radio Reborn 2008: What’s the future for Channel 4’s digital radio?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 28 2008, 3.40pm
The future of Channel 4's digital radio prospect was on the table at today's Radio Reborn conference, prompting some cagey answers from Natalie Schwarz, chair of the 4 Digital group over their ongoing discussions with Ofcom. In the clip below Matt Wells, head of audio at the Guardian, challenges Schwarz's comments: Speaking from the audience, Ofcom's director [...] (more)

MediaGuardian Radio Reborn 2008: What’s the future for Channel 4’s digital radio?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 28 2008, 3.40pm
The future of Channel 4's digital radio prospect was on the table at today's Radio Reborn conference, prompting some cagey answers from Natalie Schwarz, chair of the 4 Digital group over their ongoing discussions with Ofcom. In the clip below Matt Wells, head of audio at the Guardian, challenges Schwarz's comments: Speaking from the audience, Ofcom's director [...] (more)

Launch of Channel 4 radio will go ahead, says Nathalie Schwarz
From Media Guardian. Posted April 28 2008, 2.42pm
Radio Reborn: The executive in charge of Channel 4's digital radio operations has insisted they will launch - but refused to confirm when or where. By John Plunkett (more)

Pictures from the Nokia Green Room Channel 4 music show
From Media Guardian. Posted April 25 2008, 1.27pm
Pictures from backstage at the Green Room, Channel 4's latest music show. (more)

Behind the scenes at the Nokia Green Room
From Media Guardian. Posted April 25 2008, 1.27pm
Pictures from backstage at the Green Room, Channel 4's latest music show (more)

Wogan could take 'Richard & Judy' slot
From Digital Spy. Posted April 25 2008, 12.41pm
Sir Terry Wogan and Richard Hammond are vying to take the Channel 4 teatime slot, says a report. (more)

Channel 4 signs ex-Radio 1 exec Alex Donnely
From Media Guardian. Posted April 24 2008, 10.28am
Channel 4 has signed former BBC Radio 1 executive Alex Donelly as head of music for its fledgling digital radio operations. By John Plunkett (more)

Channel 4 reaches a 'tipping point'
From Financial Times. Posted April 24 2008, 3.00am
Channel 4 is in urgent need of a new funding model and has reached a "tipping point" beyond which it will move into annual losses, its chairman, Luke Johnson, said... (more)

Channel 4 rakes in more ad spend
From Daily Telegraph. Posted April 24 2008, 12.01am
Channel 4, which has asked for help from the public purse to cover a predicted 2012 deficit, took its highest ever share of television advertising money last year, and increased overall group revenues by £8m to £945m. (more)

Channel 4 doubles chief executive's salary, despite posting losses
From The Independent. Posted April 24 2008, 12.00am
Channel 4's chief executive, Andy Duncan, saw his pay double in 2007 to £1.2m, even though the channel is pleading for a £150m public subsidy. (more)

Desperate times at Channel 4 but Andy Duncan's pay doubles
From The Times. Posted April 23 2008, 11.50pm
Its profits collapsed to £1.6 million and it was embroiled in race and phone-in rows, but Andy Duncan, the chief executive of Channel 4, still managed to double his salary to £1.2 million. (more)

Cash-strapped Channel 4 pays boss £1.21m
From Media Guardian. Posted April 23 2008, 11.07pm
Annual report shows broadcaster making an operating loss for the first time since 1992 (more)

C4 records first loss since 1992
From Digital Spy. Posted April 23 2008, 5.08pm
The main Channel 4 channel records its first operating loss in 15 years. (more)

C4 chairman Andy Duncan admits £7.8m on main channel loss was strategy
From Media Guardian. Posted April 23 2008, 2.51pm
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has admitted it was a planned strategy to take the corporation's finances from a surplus to just barely breaking even. By Tara Conlan (more)

Channel 4 reaches 'tipping point' chairman warns
From The Stage. Posted April 23 2008, 1.20pm
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Channel 4's chief executive sees pay leap to £1.2m
From Media Guardian. Posted April 23 2008, 12.23pm
Channel 4's chief executive, Andy Duncan, saw his pay almost double to £1.21m last year. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan sees pay leap to £1.2m
From Media Guardian. Posted April 23 2008, 12.23pm
Channel 4's chief executive, Andy Duncan, saw his pay almost double to £1.21m last year. By Chris Tryhorn and Tara Conlan (more)

Channel 4 sees ratings and profits fall
From Media Guardian. Posted April 23 2008, 9.23am
Falling Big Brother ratings and the premium-rate phone-in scandal hit Channel 4 last year, which has revealed its first operating loss in years. By John Plunkett (more)

Peter Bazalgette calls for the privatisation of BBC Radio 1, Radio 2 and Channel 4
From Media Guardian. Posted April 23 2008, 6.14am
The television guru synonymous with the success of Big Brother has called for the privatisation of Channel 4, BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2. By Owen Gibson (more)

ITN and C4 news chiefs warn against ITV regional news cuts
From Press Gazette. Posted April 23 2008, 12.00am
ITN and Channel 4 news chiefs have warned that the loss of ITV regional news will harm their national operations. (more)

C4 HD 'not on Freesat at launch'
From Digital Spy. Posted April 18 2008, 5.25pm
Channel 4 HD will not be part of Freesat until some time after the service launches, sources indicate. (more)

Russell Brand auditioned for 'Peep Show'
From Digital Spy. Posted April 17 2008, 2.21pm
Russell Brand auditioned for a role in Channel 4 comedy series Peep Show, says David Mitchell. (more)

C4's 'Shameless' pips ITV in ratings
From Digital Spy. Posted April 17 2008, 9.45am
Channel 4 comedy Shameless ended on a high to