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How do you schedule the channel from morning through late night, Monday through Sunday? More4 tends to run repeats stripped during the day, with the first-run shows and more significant repeats in the evening.
Are you acquiring content from the international market? Definitely. ER was the channel’s biggest imported hit to date. Now it shows The Good Wife , Southland , The Closer , Curb Your Enthusiasm , Arrested Development . More4 does a lot of comedy, some movies.
Are you buying second-run content from within your home market? Yes. More4 has a lot of crossover with C4. It takes Come Dine with Me and the gardening and food and property programs. Until More4 launched, some Channel 4-produced content like Grand Designs was actually being sold to other companies in the U.K. market. Now the value is kept in house. More4 is actually the most profitable part of the entire C4 portfolio.
What is your approach to commissioning new productions from domestic producers? Channel 4 has commissioning departments across all the channels, with teams for the various genres such as drama or com - edy. To date the green light has been given at the channel level. Jay Hunt, the new chief creative officer, will now decide what goes where. More4 has done timely high-profile feature documentaries in the past two years about political figures, When Boris Met Dave and Miliband of Brothers . Getting more into advertiser-funded programming. The Crufts Dog Show moved to More4 from BBC and will return this year. “We’re looking at other opportunities in this vein for More4.”
Do you have any blocks or slots you are looking to fill? More4 has no hard-and-fast rule about the programming mix. But factual is the staple.
Are you pursuing international co-productions? If so, what kinds of partnerships and projects are you looking for? More4 has started to co-produce. It made The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret with IFC, splitting the costs 50/50. Specialist factual programming is better for co-production. More4 has co-produced some long-form documentaries, such as Thrilla In Manila , for its True Stories strand. Would like to do more with France and Germany.
Are you buying rights for additional platforms/windows? 4OD is the company’s video-on-demand service. Most programs are shown on linear first and then streamed. Making Contact PITCH ROUTE: Paul Mortimer is point contact for acquisitions/development/co-production. MARKET SCHEDULE: MIPTV, MIPCOM, LA Screenings, NATPE