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Gen Z discovering TV shows mainly through social media, Channel 4 says

Broadcaster announces plan for Spotify videos to add to TikTok, YouTube and Instagram content

The Guardian - UK

AI will not be writing our dramas anytime soon – Channel 4 content boss Ian Katz

The broadcaster is looking into using AI to help ‘under-represented content creators’.

Evening Standard

Channel 4 chiefs should not be taking bonuses while indies try to survive

The broadcaster has failed to heed lessons from just last year when bonuses were delayed after an outcry

The Guardian - UK

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Channel 4 bosses took hundreds of thousands in bonuses as revenues dived

Payouts at state-owned, commercially funded broadcaster come after its biggest job cuts for 15 years

The Guardian - UK

Louis Theroux says BBC under threat from push for ‘Brexit from licence fee’

Presenter warns of ‘lobbying and active campaigning’ as he calls on the public to fight for the BBC’s future

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 chief awarded nearly £1.5m salary in 2022

Pay for Alex Mahon is highest in broadcaster’s history but top execs defer bonuses

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Media Watch: When will the cutbacks end at Channel 4?

The network is culling shows as ad revenues fall — and freelancers are being left without any work

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Channel 4’s dependence on ad revenue concerns Government, says minister

The broadcaster has reshuffled its schedule after a ‘downturn in the ad-market’.

The Independent UK

Channel 4 cancels Bafta-winning The Big Narstie Show

Rapper Big Narstie and comedian Mo Gilligan have hosted the show since 2018.

The Independent UK

Channel 4 DENIES Naked Attraction has been axed after claims broadcaster has 'run out of money'

Channel 4 has said it has not axed one of its most popular shows amid claims it is trying to save money

Daily Mirror

Channel 4 defers bonuses and scraps pay rise for top executives amid backlash

Broadcaster says execs to indefinitely defer retention bonuses and won’t take an annual pay rise this year

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 boss could receive record annual pay of £1.4m

Chief executive Alex Mahon in line for highest annual income in station’s history as lower-paid staff struggle amid cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 ‘energised and refocused’ after privatisation battle

Earlier this year, former culture secretary Michelle Donelan confirmed plans to sell off the broadcaster had been scrapped.

The Independent UK

Channel 4 buys painting by Hitler – and may let Jimmy Carr destroy it

Ian Katz says new show celebrates the channel’s tradition of ‘iconoclasm and irreverence’

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The Guardian - UK

Bake Off team whip up fresh keyboard stars in new TV contest – with a secret

Claudia Winkleman will host The Piano, which poses as a documentary to take undiscovered keyboard talent all the way to a London concert finale

Daily Mirror

Channel 4 boss blasts 'depressing' return of Big Brother as 'microwave moment in TV'

Big Brother is set to return to our screens next year after finding a new home on ITV2, with the boss of Channel 4 labelling the reboot as 'depressing' for TV

The Independent UK

Channel 4 wins channel of the year at Edinburgh as privatisation threat looms

The awards were presented during a ceremony held during the Edinburgh TV Festival.

The Guardian - UK

Revival of Big Brother ‘depressing’, says Channel 4 executive

Ian Katz also tells Edinburgh TV festival he is unsure whether new PM will push ahead with privatisation of channel

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The Independent UK

Emily Maitlis’s former Newsnight editor praises ‘brilliant’ MacTaggart Lecture

The journalist, who left the BBC earlier this year, said the media was often guilty of ‘normalising’ populist views in the name of balance.

The Independent UK

Channel 4 announces musical about Andrew and revival of Friday Night Live

The slate of programmes are part of Channel 4’s newly announced Truth and Dare season.

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 working on new ITN deal as bosses fight privatisation plan

Government increasingly annoyed by broadcaster’s tactics in ‘phoney war’ before potential sale

The Independent UK

‘Vital’ that Government plans are ‘rigorously scrutinised’, says Channel 4 boss

Channel 4’s chief content officer was speaking at the Wales Screen Summit in Cardiff.

Daily Mirror

Jimmy Carr to return for new series of Channel 4 show despite fury over Holocaust joke

Jimmy Carr will return to host game show I Literally Just Told You on Channel 4 following controversy surrounding a joke that he had made during a stand-up special on Netflix

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