The Making Of Channel 4

Author : Peter Catterall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135018863
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of Channel 4 written by Peter Catterall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Channel 4 had been a matter of controversy for years even before it came on the air in November 1982. There were lengthy debates about what its role would be and the part to be played by the ITV companies and the growing number of independent television producers. There was also political controversy over the profile of the new channel, some wishing to see it as "their" channel in response to the apparent political hegemony of Margaret Thatcher. The result was sharp conflicts, not only over programming but, as the channel became established, over its relationships with the ITV companies and its regulatory body, the IBA. These controversies in the making of Channel 4 are revisited in this volume. The opening article by Edmund Dell, the channel's first chairman, describes and explains his sometimes stormy relationship with Jeremy Isaacs, the chief executive, while the witness seminar and the other articles offer the views of Channel 4 commissioning editors and representatives from the IBA, the ITV companies, the independent producers, the Home Office and the BBC.

Author : Peter Catterall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135018871
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of Channel 4 written by Peter Catterall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Channel 4 had been a matter of controversy for years even before it came on the air in November 1982. There were lengthy debates about what its role would be and the part to be played by the ITV companies and the growing number of independent television producers. There was also political controversy over the profile of the new channel, some wishing to see it as "their" channel in response to the apparent political hegemony of Margaret Thatcher. The result was sharp conflicts, not only over programming but, as the channel became established, over its relationships with the ITV companies and its regulatory body, the IBA. These controversies in the making of Channel 4 are revisited in this volume. The opening article by Edmund Dell, the channel's first chairman, describes and explains his sometimes stormy relationship with Jeremy Isaacs, the chief executive, while the witness seminar and the other articles offer the views of Channel 4 commissioning editors and representatives from the IBA, the ITV companies, the independent producers, the Home Office and the BBC.

Author : Stephen Lambert
Publisher : British Film Institute
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Channel 4 written by Stephen Lambert and published by British Film Institute. This book was released on 1982 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb

Author : Maggie Brown
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839024461
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Licence to be Different written by Maggie Brown and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history and development of Channel 4, one of the UK's best loved and most controversial TV channels. Identifies key figures and signature programmes such as 'Brookside,' 'The Big Breakfast' and 'Wife Swap,' as well as successful American imports including 'Friends' and 'Sex and the City.'

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215555588
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Channel 4 annual report written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past three years, the Committee has conducted an annual evidence session with the Chairman and Chief Executive of Channel four Television Corporation because as a statutory corporation it is accountable to Parliament for the delivery of its statutory remit. This year was a significant moment in Channel 4's history. The enactment of the Digital Economy Act at the end of the last Parliament amended the Communications Act 2003 to give Channel 4 a new and expanded remit and duties. A new management team was also put in place. The Committee agrees that the Digital Economy Act sets out sensible primary functions for Channel 4 to work towards and that Channel 4 has identified the correct method-self-reliance-to deliver them. Aligning all its portfolio of channels in support of these primary functions will not be easy, and it is essential that there is adequate external scrutiny of Channel 4's progress. The Committee welcomes recent draft guidance from Ofcom to establish a regime for establishing, monitoring, reviewing and enforcing public service-related obligations for Channel 4 across its network. However, Ofcom's ability to police Channel 4's new remit is limited, and the Committee is not convinced that Channel 4 is sufficiently accountable for its output outside its core channel. The Committee questioned the new management team on its remuneration policy, and the size of the final remuneration that outgoing Chief Executive Mr Duncan received. The Committee also urges Channel 4 to redouble its efforts to increase the proportion of UK-originated commissioning from the nations and regions. It proposes that Channel 4 set a medium term target of 15% of network spend on originated programming coming from the nations

Author : Clare Kitson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Animation written by Clare Kitson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Clare Kitson celebrates one of the most creative sources of broadcast animation - Britain's pioneering Channel 4, winner of three Academy Awards for animation. Kitson, who served as Channel 4's commissioning editor from 1989 until 1999, helped foster the channel's growing reputation as a broadcasting powerhouse. In British Animation: The Channel 4 Factor, she takes a look back at this exceptional era - celebrating thirty landmark works and the artists who made them." --Book Jacket.

Author : Maggie Brown
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1911239821
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Channel 4 written by Maggie Brown and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers a dramatic decade in the fortunes of Britain's quirkiest broadcaster. It opens in 2009, with the realisation that Channel 4's biggest money spinner, Big Brother, had become a toxic asset and would have to be discarded, at the same time as advertising revenues were shrinking in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Maggie Brown's compelling narrative, which draws on interviews with key players in Channel 4's story and unique access to the broadcaster's archives, takes us inside the boardroom battles, changes in senior management and commissioning teams, interventions by the media regulator Ofcom, and the channel's response to a rapidly-changing media and political landscape. Brown describes how the channel, under its new chief executive David Abraham, successfully fought off the threat of privatisation, which became a reality after the Conservatives' general election victory in 2015. The price for remaining publicly funded was a substantial relocation of Channel 4's operations, with Leeds announced in 2018 as a new 'regional hub'. The Channel 4 story is also one of ambitious and innovative programming, with a new director of content, Jay Hunt, instigating radical changes in commissioning and scheduling. Brown traces programming hits and losses during this period, with the departure to competitors of celebrity chefs, Black Mirror and Charlie Brooker, horse racing and Formula 1, and a reappraisal of the remit of institutions such as Channel 4 News and Film 4. But there were successes too, with the 2012 Paralympics helping to restore a public service sheen, and new programmes such as Gogglebox in 2013 connecting with younger audiences, and, in 2016, the coup of taking The Great British Bake Off from its home at the BBC.

Author : Rose Cartwright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783527366
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pure written by Rose Cartwright and published by . This book was released on 2019-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rose Cartwright has OCD, but not as you know it. Pure is the true story of her ten-year struggle with 'Pure O', a little-known form of the condition, which causes her to experience intrusive sexual thoughts of shocking intensity. It is a brave and frequently hilarious account of a woman who refused to give up, despite being undermined at every turn by her obsessions and enduring years of misdiagnosis and failed therapies. Eventually, the love of family and friends, and Rose's own courage and sense of humour prevailed, inspiring this deeply felt and beautifully written memoir. At its core is a lesson for all of us: when it comes to being happy with who we are, there are no neat conclusions.

Author : Peter Catterall
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780741644855
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making of Channel Four written by Peter Catterall and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215037244
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public service content written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating HCP 314 i-viii, session 2006-07