Channel 4
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Sky agrees to share British F1 Grand Prix rights with Channel 4
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Sky and Channel 4 have announced an “innovative content partnership” which will see previously exclusive Sky shows including Tin Star as well as highlights and live coverage of the Formula 1 2019 British Grand Prix shown on Channel 4.
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Channel 4 signs four year deal to broadcast Ireland’s rugby internationals
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Channel 4 has secured the rights to broadcast Ireland’s autumn rugby internationals for the next four years. The broadcaster already has a four year deal to show live coverage of every round of Europe’s top club competition, the Heineken Champions Cup, from this October.
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Russell T Davies returns to Channel 4 with new drama series, The Boys
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Russell T Davies is returning to Channel 4, broadcaster of his acclaimed and groundbreaking series Queer As Folk, with The Boys – a new five-part drama following “the story of the 1980s, the story of AIDS, and the story of three boys, Ritchie, Roscoe and Colin, across the decade.”
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Benedict Cumberbatch cast in new Channel 4 Brexit drama
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The Sherlock and Imitation Game actor will play Dominic Cummings, the leading strategist and Campaign Director of Vote Leave, the official campaign which overturned political pundits’ expectations by winning the June 2016 referendum.
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George Clooney and Hugh Laurie’s Catch-22 will air on Channel 4
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Based on the celebrated novel of the same name written by Joseph Heller, the series also stars Christopher Abbott and Kyle Chandler and is executive produced and directed by Clooney.
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Freesat denies trying to charge Channel 4 more to keep its catch-up app on the platform
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On Tuesday it was revealed that both services would leave the platform this week, with Channel 4 blaming its decision on a rise in the fees levied on broadcasters whose channels and apps appear on Freesat’s programme guide.