Exclusive: Times Radio in discussions for Boat Race radio rights Sport Business Times Radio is in advanced discussions with the Boat Race over the exclusive radio rights for the annual Oxbridge regatta on the Thames, City AM understands. The race’s TV broadcast is already switching from the BBC to Channel 4 and organisers are now closing in on a move to commercial radio for the first time [...]
Wealth app Chip raises £17m as Channel 4 backs TV push Media Channel 4 Ventures has invested in UK wealth app Chip as part of a £17m funding round, marking the company’s first institutional backing and funding a major TV advertising campaign, City AM can reveal. The round values Chip at £208m and combines £6m of media-for-equity from Channel 4 Ventures, with £11m raised from more than 9,000 retail investors [...]
Channel 4 confirmed as UK home of Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics Sport Business Channel 4 will show its eighth Paralympic Games in a row next year after being confirmed as the UK broadcaster for Milano Cortina 2026. The Winter Paralympics, set to take place in northern Italy in March, extends Channel 4’s sustained support for parasport which began with London 2012. “We are super excited to bring the [...]
Channel 4: AI adverts boost offered to small businesses November 17, 2025 Channel 4 has launched a new AI tool to help small businesses create TV ads quickly and cheaply. Following ITV’s lead, the system can turn a company’s website or social media content into a draft ad in minutes. Broadcasters then help polish the ad, make sure it follows advertising rules, and get it ready to [...]
Channel 4 named fastest growing streamer amid Netflix’s UK surge October 10, 2025 Channel 4 has emerged as the UK’s fastest-growing major streaming platform, City AM can reveal, beating multiple audience records in September and strengthening its digital hand with a new deal designed to rival the reach of Netflix and Disney+. The broadcaster’s streaming minutes jumped 36 per cent year-on-year, according to new BARB data, the biggest [...]
Exclusive: Channel 4 poach Boat Race rights from BBC October 1, 2025 The iconic Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities will leave BBC television after signing a deal with Channel 4, City AM can reveal. The rival public service broadcaster will show the men’s and women’s races on the Thames for the next five years, marking a shift away from BBC TV – which showed an [...]
Mark Kleinman: Thames Water’s fate now sounds like a dripping timebomb August 14, 2025 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column Thames Water’s fate now sounds like a dripping timebomb There are few more irritating sounds than that of a dripping tap you cannot fix. That, writ large, is the headache facing the Labour government as it [...]
Channel 4 bag 3.7m viewers for England U-21 Euros triumph June 30, 2025 England’s U-21 European Championship triumph against Germany was watched by a peak 3.7m on Saturday evening. The Channel 4 broadcast on Saturday night claimed 37 per cent of all viewers watching TV at the time England beat Germany 3-2 in Slovakia. Harvey Elliott and Omari Hutchinson scored England’s normal time goals before Nelson Weiper and [...]
Under-21 Euros: England youngsters chalk up wins for Channel 4 June 26, 2025 Channel 4’s punt on England at the men’s Under-21 Euros has already paid off before Saturday’s final, with strong viewing figures for the Young Lions’ knockout games. England’s semi-final win over the Netherlands on Wednesday evening was the most popular programming on UK TV at the time. The 2-1 victory over the Dutch, secured by [...]
Sky, Channel 4 and ITV launch first unified ad marketplace June 17, 2025 In a landmark move set to shift UK TV advertising, Sky, Channel 4, ITV, and Comcast have announced their intent to launch a premium self-service video advertising marketplace. For the first time, small and medium sized businesses, or SMEs, will be able to run a single ad campaign across all three broadcasters’ platforms, simplifying access [...]