Channel 4
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All 4 clocks up busiest ever quarter
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Channel 4 says it’s seen a record number of quarterly views for its All 4 catch-up and on demand service, with a 37% rise during the first two weeks of lockdown compared to the same period last March.
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Britbox goes live and announces new Channel 4 content deal and BT partnership
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The service is focussed on UK made content and is coming to the UK following launches in the US and Canada. As announced earlier this summer, the UK version is 90% owned by ITV with the BBC taking a minority 10% holding.
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Channel 4’s Friday Night Dinner to return for sixth series
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Channel 4 has commissioned Big Talk Productions and Popper Pictures to produce a sixth series of the critically-acclaimed and multi-award winning comedy, Friday Night Dinner with Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal returning as the Goodman Family, with Mark Heap as Jim.
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Channel 4 acquires US supernatural thriller Light As a Feather for All 4
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Originally released in the US on Hulu, Light as a Feather centres on four best friends who invite the shy new girl out on Halloween, but they soon regret their decision when she suggests they play a seemingly innocent game of ‘Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board’.
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New Channel 4 series to take viewers behind the scenes of a dog rescue centre
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The stories take place in an arena into which humans bring their hopes and histories, and open up their lives to a new four-legged friend who they hope will make their lives happier. And in which dogs find the care they have – up to now – been denied.
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Channel 4 extends Crufts broadcast deal
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The broadcaster also announced it’s agreed a new deal with Sunset+Vine that will see the production company continue to produce its Crufts coverage.