Channel 4
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Public pay is bloated. But don't forget the virus source Polly Toynbee...lead to shaming others - such as Mark Thompson and his monstrous GBP834,000 BBC salary. It is less than the head of failing Channel 4 is paid - but so what? The glory of being BBC director general should largely be its own reward. If he had cut... In this article: Harriet Harman, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Liam Byrne, Ident, Tax, and Dog |
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Independent.co.uk - Business | November 05, 2009
Business Diary: Lord Sugar learns official speak
...been in touch with some PR advice. Preaching to the converted Lord Burns will be welcomed by staff at Channel Four once he takes up the post of chairman of the broadcaster. Just four years ago, Lord Burns wrote a report for the Government...
In this article: Lord Sugar, Woolworths, Channel Four, National Express, and Didcot, Oxfordshire
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BBC News | November 05, 2009
Lord Burns named C4 chairman
...chief executive of ITV. He will join Channel 4 immediately as chairman-designate, working with Johnson to find a new chief executive to replace Andy Duncan, who is expected to step down at the end of the month. 'Strong leadership' Ofcom...
In this article: Luke Johnson, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Royal Academy of Music, ITV, Abbey National, and Welsh Water
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Guardian | November 10, 2009
Apprentice rescheduled to avoid election clash
This means the show will go head to head with the final series of Channel 4's Big Brother - which traditionally begins in late May or early June - a clash that it usually avoids apart from for its final few episodes. At the time...
In this article: Alan Sugar, Big Brother, BBC, Yasmina Siadatan, Talkback Thames, Mark Thompson, Jeremy Hunt, House of Lords, and Gordon Brown
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Times Online | 7 days ago
Virgin Media hits pause button on sale of channels
...of recent years. Run by David Abraham, who is seen as a credible candidate to become chief executive of Channel 4, UKTV, which primarily airs BBC repeats, successfully rebranded its stable of channels. Sky had submitted what was...
In this article: Virgin Media, UKTV, Viacom, Time Warner, Joint venture, Dave, Bravo, BBC 4, and Trouble
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Daily Mail | November 05, 2009
Channel 4 set to lose Deal Or No Deal over planned budget cuts
...the programme's budget. Producers Endemol have been told by Channel 4 executives that they will not be able to match the current budget when the deal for the daytime programme runs out at the end of next year. And now both Noel, 60, and...
In this article: Deal or No Deal, Noel Edmonds, Paul O'Grady, Rachel Riley, ITV, Endemol, Carol Vorderman, Deal or No Deal, and Big Brother
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Lord Burns is new C4 chairman
...Jowell in the run-up to the renewal of the corporation's 10-year royal charter in late 2006. "I am delighted to be joining Channel 4," Burns said. "This is a time of great change as we experience the impact of the rapid development of...
In this article: Luke Johnson, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, and London Business School
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Greg Dyke tells Tories to strip BBC of licence fee and pay for corporation centrally
...and the licence fee Dyke presided over the BBC when it was at its largest prompting current director general Mark Thompson - then chief executive of Channel 4 - to accuse it of swimming in 'jacuzzi's of cash'. In recent years he has...
In this article: Greg Dyke, BBC, Tax, Mark Thompson, Mark Byford, and Carphone Warehouse
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On-demand TV helps Virgin beat expectations
...to the end of September. Virgin's chief executive Neil Berkett was delighted with growth in the video-on-demand (VoD) service, which allows viewers to watch BBC and Channel 4 shows as well as Hollywood movies. The service hit 66 million...
In this article: Virgin, Revenue, Customer, Virgin Media, Five, ITV, and Virgin Mobile
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Telegraph.co.uk - Business | November 02, 2009
Channel 4's Andy Duncan 'frustrated by unfinished business' with BBC tieup
Channel 4's Andy Duncan 'frustrated by unfinished business' with BBC tieup Channel 4's Andy Duncan 'frustrated by unfinished business' with BBC tie-up Andy Duncan, the outgoing chief executive of Channel 4, has criticised the BBC, saying...
In this article: BBC, Virgin Media, and UKTV
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Description from Wikipedia:
Channel 4 is a UK public-service television broadcaster which began working on November 2, 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station owned now and operated by the Channel Four Television Corporation, a public body established in 1990, coming into operation in 1993.
The channel was established to provide a fourth television service to the UK that would break the duopoly of the Licence Fee-funded BBC's two established services and the single commercial broadcasting network, ITV. Channel 4 enjoys almost universal coverage in the UK and some neighbouring countries and a significant audience share, despite having seen new competition with the growth of cable, satellite and digital services.
Channel 4 was established with, and continues to hold, a remit of public service obligations which it must fulfill. The remit changes periodically, as dictated by various broadcasting and communications acts, and is regulated by the various authorities Channel 4 has been answerable to; originally the IBA, then the ITC and now Ofcom.
The preamble of the remit as per the Communications Act 2003 states that:
The remit also involves an obligation to provide programming for schools, and a substantial amount of programming produced outside of Greater London.
Channel 4 is currently being shown in 3D.
- Name:
- Channel 4
- Location Country:
- United Kingdom
- Owned by:
- Channel Four Television Corporation
- Satellite service availability:
- Astra 2D
- Satellite Channel:
- Channel 104
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