Tag: Channel 4

Channel 4 targets new wave of investment into overlooked founders

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 is launching Untapped, a ground-breaking commercial initiative to invest in entrepreneurs who have traditionally been overlooked by the VC ecosystem. The initiative – led by Channel 4’s consumer investment arm, Channel 4 Ventures – is informed by new research which shows that founders securing significant investment historically fall into a narrow range of elite profiles. Untapped seeks to address this – and generate new revenues for Channel 4 – by investing in high growth businesses led by founders with a broader range of profiles based on factors including…

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Sponsorship Rocks: fifteen-year study reveals effectiveness of broadcast sponsorship

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 Sales is unveiling the results of its Sponsorship Rocks study, the most comprehensive analysis of broadcast sponsorship effectiveness ever conducted. The study’s dataset, twice the size of the previous iteration of Sponsorship Rocks in 2017, now incorporates streaming data, creative coding, plus Barb reach and frequency data -offering unparalleled insights for brands.  At a time when the media industry is faced with concerns about brand safety and transparency, the new research finds that broadcast sponsorship is the optimum environment for brands to align themselves with the positive attributes…

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Channel 4’s 4Skills gears up for exciting year ahead as New Writers Scheme opens to aspiring writers in the Nations and Regions

Stuart Mitchell

As Channel 4 approaches its fifth anniversary of its base opening in Leeds (October 2024), the channel’s nationwide training and development programme, 4Skills, has shared a range of upcoming opportunities across the UK. The New Writers Scheme offers writers a fantastic opportunity to harness their skills with months of expert industry training and mentoring. The project, which has been rolled out across the UK following the successful pilot last year in the south west of England, aims to identify and nurture underrepresented writing talent outside of London with a focus…

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Channel 4 enhances advertisers’ impact through landmark streaming ad innovations

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 is cementing its leadership in commercial and advertising innovation around streaming, unveiling the results of a UK-first public trial with 15 brands on new streaming ad formats which deliver an 81% boost in long-term brand recall.   The trial, with registered Channel 4 streaming users, explored whether different ad formats such as solus takeovers and reduced ad loads can optimise effectiveness. Following the success of the trial Channel 4 today also confirms its intention to offer the ad formats to the market next year. Earlier this year, Channel 4…

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4creative campaign tees up climate change programming with carbon skid marks

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4’s in-house creative agency 4creative has launched a striking campaign for Channel 4’s Change Climate season featuring the business and political elite as you’ve never seen them before – in their carbon skid marked underpants. The campaign builds upon the premise that historically individuals have been at the centre of focus when it comes to making behavioural changes to reduce their carbon footprint. This bold film calls out the actions and inactions of those in positions of power such as politicians and the CEOs of big businesses, questioning the…

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