We’ve just hit 1 billion views (across streaming and long-form YouTube) faster than ever before – beating 2024's record by 11 days 🎉 From the reality twists of Virgin Island and sofa sensations of Gogglebox, to gripping dramas like The Couple Next Door and powerful documentaries like Groomed: A National Scandal – we know how to catch your eye. Dive into the shows everyone's talking about on Channel 4. hashtag#AltogetherDifferent hashtag#PublicServiceStreamer
Today, Ofcom has published its review of Public Service Media in the UK, calling on the Government to make sure that platforms including YouTube give fair prominence to Public Service Broadcaster content, helping audiences to see content that reflects life in the UK. Channel 4’s Interim Chief Executive, Jonathan Allan, said:
Say hello to a more accessible advertising industry as Channel 4 Sales deepens its commitment and launches the landmark 10th Diversity in Advertising Award 👋 The 2025/26 edition of the annual initiative seeks ‘Inclusive by Design’ briefs once again and is now open for applications. Curious about how to enter? Click on the link in the comments. Building on this… Channel 4 Sales today also announces a host of new accessibility commitments: 🌱From spring 2026 it will be mandatory for all ads to be supplied with closed captions. 💡It will continue to make sponsorship idents inclusive by design. ✅It will strive for all creative partnerships to have subtitles as the standard. 📖All creative brand deals will adhere to a set of accessibility standards including those set out by Channel 4 Sales, Bupa and Purple Goat’s upcoming digital handbook as well as Channel 4’s Disability Codes of Portrayal.
The countdown to the Edinburgh TV Festival has officially begun… ❤️Channel 4 has received 14 nominations for The 2025 Edinburgh TV Awards. 👏Huge congratulations to everyone who worked on these incredible series.
▶️ If you needed any more reason to subscribe… Channel 4 won seven Broadcast Digital Awards for: Best Entertainment Channel – 4.0 Best Digital Support for a Programme – Hollyoaks Best Entertainment Programme – Married at First Sight UK Best Short-Form Documentary – I Printed a Gun: Plastic and Deadly Best Short-Form Format – Minor Issues Best Short – Form Scripted – Peaked Best Content Partnerships or AFP – Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life 👏Congratulations to everyone involved in bringing these shows to a digital audience 👏
Demonstrating the power of investigative journalism 👏. Following Channel 4 Dispatches' groundbreaking investigation with The Sunday Times, King Charles and Prince William’s private estates - the Duchy of Lancaster and the Duchy of Cornwall - have this week announced significant changes. Broadcast last Autumn, the documentary exposed details of rents charged to charities, the NHS and other public bodies, which had previously been kept secret. The Duchy of Lancaster, for example, stood to earn £11.4m from one NHS Trust renting a warehouse to store ambulances. Now, following the investigation: ✅ The Duchy of Cornwall has decided to cut the rent it charges to some charities. ✅ The Duchy of Lancaster has announced it will review rents charged to the NHS and other public bodies. For those who want to catch up, ‘The King, The Prince and Their Secret Millions’, is available to stream on Channel 4.
📺 Tune in to get a glimpse of Black-owned business advertising excellence on Channel 4 tonight Tonight at 7:55pm, the four winning businesses of this year’s Black in Business partnership with Lloyds Banking Group will air their adverts on TV for the first time. Black in Business aims to connect Black-owned businesses to the transformative power of TV. Each of our winners receive £150,000 of TV airtime, airing across the Channel 4 network this summer and autumn. Congratulations to our winning businesses Alonuko, Flora & Curl, Flake Bake and Nylah’s Naturals 👏
☀️Get ready for an exciting summer of activity in Bradford ☀️ Bradford 2025 and Channel 4’s new partnership for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture includes a series of Film4 screenings, premieres, and director Q&As and 4Skills will also deliver a raft of skills and development initiatives.
Tonight’s the night! 👀 Tune in to Channel 4 to see this year’s incredible Black In Business winners air their ads nationwide 📺 Created by Channel 4 in partnership with Lloyds Business & Commercial, Black In Business is championing the growth and visibility of Black-owned businesses across the UK. Tune into Channel 4 at 19:55PM to catch the full ads. It's a lift heading straight to the top floor 🙌🏿 ✨ hashtag#AltogetherDifferent hashtag#BlackInBusiness hashtag#TVAdvertising hashtag#Channel4 hashtag#Lloyds hashtag#BlackOwnedBusiness hashtag#BlackInBusinessWinners
Fasten your seat belts! 🚗 From tomorrow Korean premium car brand Genesis will partner Channel 4 to sponsor film programming across Channel 4, E4, More4 and Film4 (pre-9 pm) 🎥 “Genesis embraces creation and discovery which is a natural fit for the films shown across our platforms. We’re thrilled to partner with this premium brand for the first time as it looks to increase its presence within the UK and utilise Channel 4’s reach.” - Rupinder Downie, Content Solutions Leader at Channel 4 For more information check out the link in the comments
