{"id":6781,"date":"2016-06-02T14:21:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T14:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/channel-4-acquires-stake-in-barcroft\/"},"modified":"2016-06-02T16:39:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T16:39:33","slug":"channel-4-acquires-stake-in-barcroft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/06\/02\/channel-4-acquires-stake-in-barcroft\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 Acquires Stake in Barcroft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Channel 4 has picked up a minority stake in Barcroft Holdings, which includes such business lines as content creation and digital distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Barcroft Holdings&#8217; ventures include Barcroft Media, an editorial content agency which licenses and distributes text, photography, TV documentaries and short-form video clips to producers, publishers, broadcasters and digital platforms; Barcroft TV, which is one of YouTube\u2019s most watched factual channels; and the branded-content arm Barcroft Plus. There&#8217;s also Barcroft Productions, which creates original linear and digital TV programming. Its projects include <em>The Outsiders<\/em> (MTV), multiple seasons of <em>Body Bizarre<\/em> (TLC), <em>Inside The KKK<\/em> (Channel 4) and <em>Bear Grylls: Man vs. Everest<\/em> (Discovery).<\/p>\n<p>David Abraham, the chief executive of Channel 4, said: \u201cAs Channel 4\u2019s growth in online and commercial innovation continues apace, it\u2019s an exciting time for our Indie Growth Fund to make its first investment in a future-facing business with both content creation and multiplatform distribution capabilities. Barcroft\u2019s ability to connect with younger audiences globally, and their work with different formats, platforms and brands, aligns with our own commercial growth and we look forward to sharing our expertise to help Barcroft grow and to develop 4\u2019s wider digital strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sam Barcoft, the CEO of Barcroft Holdings, commented: \u201cThe Barcroft businesses have grown quickly, particularly over the past two years. The time is now right to build out our content and distribution offering, particularly in television production and the branded-content space through Barcroft Plus. For many years, Channel 4 has proven that successful disruption at scale and constant innovation are its core strengths, which makes them the perfect partner for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Channel 4 has picked up a minority stake in Barcroft Holdings, which includes such business lines as content creation and digital distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":6782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[601,117],"class_list":["post-6781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-barcroft-holdings","tag-channel-4"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Channel 4 Acquires Stake in Barcroft - 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\/2016\/06\/02\/channel-4-acquires-stake-in-barcroft\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Channel 4 Acquires Stake in Barcroft - 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