A couple of weeks ago 4oD began adding thousands of programmes from the C4’s archive onto channel4.com. This filled our hearts with joy, and your feedback – and the traffic you’re generating – suggests you’re also pretty happy with it too.
However, adding thousands of programmes to 4oD also made us realise we’d created a nice, [...]

Recently, Channel 4 commissioned some research from OTX into the relationships that kids aged 12-24 have with technology. The report is called A Beta Life, and I thought I’d share a few of the salient points and how they relate to the future of television on and offline.
Some top-line stats may surprise you about the [...]

Well over a million people have watched 4oD Catch-up in the last few days, so we must be doing something right. However things haven’t been totally smooth for some users. Here is a quick update on what’s been going on behind the scenes in the last week.
Issues and fixes
We know that some of you have [...]

An all-new Catch Up experience has been woven into the new Programmes area on channel4.com. This post will run down the major enhancements to the service, and give you a few pointers on how to discover the best of Channel 4 content online.
One place for all Catch-Up programmes
The 4oD Catch-Up page lists all the available [...]

Amongst the big trends at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in America was a renewed interest in television sets that come pre-packaged with connectivity to the web. Intel and Yahoo! announced hardware deals for TVs to ship with the CE3100 chip that uses both the Yahoo! Widget Channel technology and a version of Adobe’s Flash [...]

With the launch of channel4.com’s new Programmes area, our audience has a consistent way to access all the information we’ve got about a broadcast episode. Clips and pictures from the show, features written about the people in the programme, and transmission information are all browseable. Some programmes have more information available to the website’s visitors [...]