The ongoing legal case between some of the UK's big ad-funded TV networks and streaming site TVCatchup has come its latest conclusion, with the European court of Justice ruling that any streaming services must get permission from the original broadcaster to redistribute their feeds. And that's very unlikely to be granted. Read More >>
Featured comment by resis:
"Indeed - but if there is no ITV, Channel 4 or Channel 5 it's not exactly a small selection - they are three of the five biggest channels, who run seve..." More »
Want to watch the likes of Shameless, Peep Show, or even Grand Designs on your Android of choice? Well now you can, and without having to mess around with a web app, either. Download the official 4oD app from Google Play and stream shows, via Wi-Fi only, to your hearts content. Well, if you're not rooted that is.
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Scientists working for forthcoming Channel 4 TV show How to Build a Bionic Man assembled the most cutting-edge prosthetic limbs available today, creating an incredibly versatile robot person for around $1m. Read More >>
Amazon's LoveFilm service has caught up with rival Netflix in the TV comedy area, thanks to a deal to add stacks of classic Channel 4 comedies to its on-demand listings. Read More >>
Good news for commuters, people with really slow internet and the 4G-less majority - the 4oD app's getting a serious makeover, with the notable introduction of offline viewing and live streaming. Read More >>
Featured comment by Trolly:
"I've heard you can do that, I'm not particularly happy with doing all that and then having to use to 4od site instead of app. Plus, with Firefox insta..." More »
The US of A has a history of....'adapting' British TV, nicking the characters and the plot and shoehorning them into a more American setting. In this case, they've wholesale pinched the characters of The Inbetweeners; got a man with a deep voice to do the trailer, and made some kind of mutant cross between E4's sitcom and High School Musical. Read More >>
Featured comment by adam.georgeson:
"=[ I wish they'd just make more shows 'like' our shows, not copies with the same scripts. I feel as bad about this as I did when I watched the trailer..." More »
Charlie Brooker's first season of Black Mirror received complaints and praise in equal measure for its, err, provocative content. Now, Channel 4 wants more. (Praise, that is, not complaints.) Read More >>
Featured comment by emsee:
"Black Mirror was brilliant television - I'm really glad C4 are making more.
The first three were loosely based around Twitter, Britain's Got Talent..." More »
Channel 4's news team has smashed a huge hole in the wall of online kiddy chat room Habbo Hotel, unearthing a sadly predictable mess of predatory paedos hanging around within its cartoony halls. It's enough to see financial backers and high street shops drop the Habbo brand in a flash. Read More >>
Featured comment by Poopster:
"Habbo requires users to be aged 13+. Teens are not 'children'. In a nation where teens are stabbing/impregnating each other I think it's safe to assum..." More »
Seems everyone wants to cash in on Steve Jobs now he's no longer able to defend himself. A long-lost interview with Jobs from back in 1995, which was originally recorded for a Channel 4 documentary aptly titled The Triumph of the Nerds, has been found on VHS tape, restored and will be released, unedited, as a film. Read More >>
Featured comment by ThisIsNotAUsername:
"Triumph of the Nerds is a really great documentary (about 3 or 4 episodes I think), if you can track it down over the interwebs. Lots of great intervi..." More »
Yesterday we heard that Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel deliberately crashed a 727-jet plane into the desert. Now there’s a terrifying eyewitness video to show you just how horrific that really was. There’s no way you’d come out of that alive, surely? Read More >>
Featured comment by The Doctor:
"Actually, plans designed 40 years ago are considerably more sturdy than planes today. Back then materials science was much less understood and so safe..." More »
If adverts on the goggle box weren’t annoying enough for you, you can now participate in them live thanks to the magic of Twitter. Channel 4 is going to broadcast the “world premier” of the full trailer for Prometheus and then follow it up with a 40-second live advert featuring your responses on Twitter. Read More >>
Featured comment by yeoldgreat1:
"I would have thought that they'd select tweets to show or they could use a similar system to Big Brother where there would be a few seconds delay whic..." More »
Need yet another way to watch endless repeats of Location, Location, Location? Channel 4's got one lined up in the shape of 4seven, a new channel set to repeat the "noisiest" and most popular elements of its output. Read More >>
Featured comment by The Power of Social Media « willdotbarker:
"[...] a brand new channel where all the network has to do is sit on Facebook and Twitter all week, hardly ground breaking, but this wouldn’t have be..." More »
SeeSaw, the evolution of the once fateful joint venture between BBC, ITV and Channel 4, Project Kangaroo, has shuttered after investment in June this year failed to save the troubled company. Read More >>
Microsoft has announced plans to add BBC and Channel 4 content to its Xbox 360 TV service, finally bringing the big guns to its Xbox Live media domination plans. But it's a bit late, isn't it? Read More >>
Featured comment by ekim:
"I can't think of much worse. Trying to play a game whilst in the bottom of the screen the TV is on. There is so much going on these days in games that..." More »
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