Tag: Channel 4

After almost eight years in the role, Alex Mahon is stepping down as the CEO of Channel 4 this summer.

Expanding its successful YouTube strategy, Channel 4 has recommissioned Hear Me Out from After Party Studios.

Rupinder Downie, content solutions leader at Channel 4, and Joe Churchill, digital commissioning editor, will take part in a joint keynote on branded entertainment during the Connected TV Festival, running from April 29 to May 1. You can register here for free.

Channel 4 is pledging a range of measures to increase commissions from production companies in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, including £35 million ($43 million) of ring-fenced content spend.

Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon is calling for industry action and new regulations to protect Gen Z audiences from the harms of false information online.

Channel 4 has named Art Sejdiu as head of commissioning development, an enhanced role that will see him take on responsibility for overseeing the development of major unscripted projects.

Revenues at Channel 4 topped £1 billion ($1.3 billion) for a third consecutive year in 2023, with key gains in digital revenues, as the British broadcaster posted a record deficit amid increases in its content investments.

Channel 4 has appointed Rak Patel as its chief commercial officer, a newly created role.

The Charismatic consortium, which includes Channel 4, has secured £1.04 million ($1.37 million) in funding from the government-backed Innovate UK program to explore how AI can be used to support content creators and innovate storytelling across film and television.

Cineflix Rights has closed a raft of deals with numerous U.K. broadcasters and streamers for scripted and factual content, including the crime drama Girl in the Video and the true-crime series Spring Break Murders.