{"id":11457,"date":"2021-11-30T11:11:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/channel-4-hires-digital-commissioner\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T11:39:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:39:14","slug":"channel-4-hires-digital-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/11\/30\/channel-4-hires-digital-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 Hires Digital Commissioner for Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 has appointed Charlie Hyland as digital commissioner, focused on comedy and reporting to Sacha Khari, head of digital commissioning.<\/p>\n<p>In this new role, Hyland will have a remit to commission and deliver a slate of digital-first comedy and entertainment content, targeting new and wider audiences from niche to mainstream. He will also work with suppliers to create distinctive comedy suitable for all social platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Hyland most recently served as series producer on E4\u2019s <em>Pete and Sam\u2019s Reality News<\/em> and the <em>Married at First Sight UK<\/em> spin-off show <em>Afters<\/em>, as well as series development producer on <em>Haks World<\/em> for the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Hyland will join Channel 4 in December.<\/p>\n<p>Khari said: \u201cCharlie\u2019s awareness of new comedic talent and his vision to drive them forward through amazing formats will be invaluable as we continue to elevate our digital comedy offering. He\u2019s editorially brilliant, and we\u2019re all absolutely elated to bring his expertise, ambition and humor to the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hyland said: \u201cI&#8217;m delighted to be joining the Channel 4 family at such an exciting time in its history and I can&#8217;t wait to continue its legacy in making comedy that not only pushes boundaries but champions unheard voices and stories. As someone who only really wanted to work in TV after watching Channel 4 comedies, joining Sacha&#8217;s new digital department and being given the chance to bring C4&#8217;s distinctive comic taste to a new generation is a privilege and an honor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 has appointed Charlie Hyland as digital commissioner, focused on comedy and reporting to Sacha Khari, head of digital commissioning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":11458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[117,2799],"class_list":["post-11457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-channel-4","tag-charlie-hyland"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Channel 4 Hires Digital Commissioner for Comedy - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/11\/30\/channel-4-hires-digital-commissioner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Channel 4 Hires Digital Commissioner for Comedy - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Channel 4 has appointed Charlie Hyland as digital commissioner, focused on comedy and reporting to Sacha Khari, head of digital commissioning.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/11\/30\/channel-4-hires-digital-commissioner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-30T16:11:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-30T16:39:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Charlie-Hyland-channel-4-1121.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"476\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/11\/30\/channel-4-hires-digital-commissioner\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/11\/30\/channel-4-hires-digital-commissioner\/\",\"name\":\"Channel 4 Hires Digital Commissioner for Comedy - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-30T16:11:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-30T16:39:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/11\/30\/channel-4-hires-digital-commissioner\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/11\/30\/channel-4-hires-digital-commissioner\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/11\/30\/channel-4-hires-digital-commissioner\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Channel 4 Hires Digital Commissioner for Comedy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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