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Stand Up to Cancer rebooted in 2025, raising over £14.2 million pounds since the last live show, and driving over 143,000 visits to a new nationwide online cancer screening checker launched in partnership with Cancer Research UK (CRUK). A Channel 4 survey found that the programmes helped to raise awareness of cancer screenings and early detection and sparked important conversations with loved ones – and prompted action around individuals’ personal health, particularly among younger viewers. After watching: - Nine in ten (89%) viewers recognised the importance of early detection of cancer. - One in three (34%) viewers said they will pay more attention to changes in their health – rising to 44% of 16-34-year-olds. - One in four (26%) 16-34-year-olds said they’d discussed cancer screening with friends of family. - One in five (18%) 16-34-year-olds said they’d been encouraged to speak to a doctor or health professional – and 12% said they’d enquired about a cancer screening.
Exciting updates from the Connected TV World Summit where Channel 4’s Grace Boswood, Technology & Distribution Director, and Hannah Barlow, Social Sales Business Development Leader, took to the stage. Grace chatted about how Channel 4 meets viewers where they are, from YouTube to Spotify during her fireside conversation. Emphasising the value of partnerships and Channel 4’s willingness to test and learn with different digital platforms, Grace talked about Channel 4’s distribution strategy as it looks to become the first public service streamer, including use of long-form content on YouTube and the arrival of Channel 4.0 [its digital-first service for 13-24s, rooted in youth culture] on Spotify. The importance of discoverability and willingness to broaden reach with new partners were also key themes. Hannah gave a fireside chat where she talked about Channel 4’s success in bringing premium long form content to a new, second window, audience on YouTube. Incremental reach for shows like 24 Hours in Police Custody have helped rack up 175m organic hits in the last year, 56% up on prior year, and demonstrates how we’re tapping into the knowledge of our 4Studio team as well as audience demand for full length episodes, as well as digital originals, away from the traditional distribution models.
Last Friday, we celebrated the achievements of the 2025-26 cohort of Content Creatives by inviting digital content and marketing professionals to Leeds to meet our trainees, watch a showcase of videos about their time on the scheme and network with them over lunch 🎉. This event marked the end of our 16-week training scheme, which has seen our 11 Content Creatives developing their skills and experience in content creation through bespoke training from SharpFutures and a placement with one of our partner companies in Greater Manchester or West Yorkshire. It was amazing to be able to celebrate all of the hard work and dedication they've put in throughout the scheme, and we're thrilled to see that this has enabled them to take their next steps into the world of content creation, social media and marketing. Congratulations to this talented group of Content Creatives - we loved hearing about your experience on the scheme and we're so excited to see what you get up to next! 👏 💼 A huge thank you to SharpFutures, as well as to all of the industry guests and partners who facilitated these placements and helped our Content Creatives to grow their skills and experience! 4Studio, Finn, Redbricks Media, Social Brawl Multitude Media Tangerine
The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games are underway – and what a start it has been! Channel 4 is proud to once again bring the extraordinary achievements of Para athletes to audiences across the UK. Our new Chief Executive Priya Dogra and Chair Geoff Cooper visited the Games this weekend to see our Paralympics coverage in action. While on site, they met International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons and our presenting team, and joined the medal presentations in the Men’s Downhill Skiing. Watch all the action and follow the world-class athletes live on Channel 4.
📣 The Channel 4 First Cut Pitch is back! 📣 Want to get your new documentary in front of Channel 4? Five shortlisted directors will have the chance to pitch their film at hashtag#SheffDocFest2026 this June - and one winner will walk away with a commission! Could it be you? Find out more and apply by Friday 13th March 2026 : https://lnkd.in/e2fCKVWD 📸David Chang
The sun’s out and we’re celebrating ☀️ Our study, Gen Z: Trends, Truth and Trust, has received the Pulse of the Nation award at the Adwanted Media Research Awards. This research - commissioned by Channel 4 and delivered by Craft - Human Intelligence -reveals the scale of the challenges facing Gen Z and reflects our commitment to amplifying the voices of 13-27-year-olds. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this project.
Channel 4 News took home five wins at the 2026 Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards last week, including being named Programme of the Year for the third-year running 👏. A huge congratulations to all involved.
A big Channel 4 welcome to our new CEO, Priya Dogra – who joined us last week. Great to have her with us to shape the next chapter of Channel 4’s future.
Congratulations to ITN and another Channel 4 News award win! Inside Ardamata: Anatomy of a Massacre has been named a triple Gold winner at the International AI Awards 👏 Receiving gold for Best AI Creation, Best AI Innovation and Best AI Application, the project reflects the best of Channel 4’s approach to utilising AI and marks recognition for a project which demonstrated ethical AI use for news production. At Channel 4 we believe AI is a huge opportunity but only if it is built with integrity. In line with our AI guidelines, we believe it is here to support human creativity, not replace it. We want to use it to service our people, and work so we can continue to deliver trusted content to audiences.
We’re chuffed to have been named as one of The Financial Times’s best employers! Channel 4 took the number one spot for the Media & Advertising industry in The Financial Times and data provider Statista’s ‘UK’s Best Employers’ ranking.
