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Channel 4 is planning to increase its Nations & Regions content spend, from 35 percent to 50 percent of the main channel U.K. commissions by 2023, and will be establishing a new National HQ outside of London.

Channel 4 has commissioned an additional 12 episodes of the game show The Crystal Maze, including several celebrity specials.

Channel 4 has appointed former The Garden CEO Nick Curwin to its Indie Growth Fund advisory board as an external independent expert alongside Lorraine Heggessey and C4’s executive team.

Channel 4 has aligned itself with the new digital ad sales partnership established by ProSiebenSat.1 (Germany), TF1 (France) and Mediaset (Italy and Spain), with each broadcaster taking an equal 25-percent stake in the business.

Channel 4 has appointed Ian Katz, the editor of BBC’s Newsnight, as director of programs.

Channel 4 is bringing Young Sheldon, a prequel to The Big Bang Theory that follows the life of a 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper, to E4 next year.

Channel 4 Daytime has commissioned a bumper 60 episodes of The £100K Drop from Remarkable Television, part of Endemol Shine Group.

In its 2016 annual report, Channel 4 posted revenues of £995 million ($1.3 billion) and revealed that it spent a record £695 million ($895 million) on programming.

Former Shine Group CEO Alex Mahon has been appointed as the next chief executive of Channel 4.

Jay Hunt will step down from her role as chief creative officer at Channel 4 at the end of September.