Channel 4 To Make Full-Length Shows Available On YouTube

YouTube and Channel 4 have just signed a deal that will make the broadcaster’s programmes available on demand, in full and free-of-charge via YouTube in the UK.



As a result of the agreement Channel 4 will shortly begin to upload full-length shows to YouTube, building towards early 2010 when a full catalogue of catch-up TV as well as around 3,000 hours of archive programming will be available - including shows like Skins, Brass Eye, Teachers and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.



However, if you are looking for a quick clip blast of Peep Show, Derren Brown, You Have Been Watching or more, head to Channel 4’s existing YouTube channel.


Channel 4 have enjoyed huge online support for their shows to date, and it’s exciting to think that they will be available on YouTube in full after screening on TV. Earlier this year the broadcaster invited YouTube users to audition for a place in the Big Brother House via YouTube, and there are plans afoot to involve the YouTube community in future Channel 4 initiatives. To be the first to know about these, keep an eye on the YouTube UK Blog.


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Jamie Dolling, Community Editor, YouTube UK, recently watched “Dyson’s Bladeless Fan Air Multiplier”.