The first company led by the disabled joins the Channel 4 Indie Growth Fund; C4 / Netflix cooking format; Sky Strikes Sport Deal – UK Briefs

First Disability Company joins the Channel 4 Indie Growth Fund

Channel 4 invested in Rockerdale Studios, the first disability company to join its growing independent growth fund. Rockerdale becomes the 17th producer to join the foundation, for which Channel 4 takes small minority stakes in producers and grows them, and the ninth in the past two years, including David Olusoga’s Uplands TV and Eagle Eye. Walter Iuzzolino. Rockerdale is first run by a disabled person, CEO Stu Richards. The company developed Channel 4 Mission: Available! central of the comedy Bobby and Harriet got married And the next four shows Rosie Jones Eat hard. Caroline Murphy, director of the Indie Growth Fund, praised Richards and COO Michelle Singer as “an impressive team both creatively and ambitiously.” Canale 4 has focused more on the representation of people with disabilities in recent months Help Jack Thorne’s boisterous August McTaggart speech in which he criticized the industry for “totally and utterly fruitless disabilities”.

Canale 4 and Netflix prepare the kitchen format

In other news from Canale 4, Mugs The chain collaborates with Netflix in the culinary format, housed in the legendary London Hotel The Langham. five star chef You’ll find some of Britain’s most ambitious chefs competing to win their own restaurant in one of the country’s most historic hotels. The show will be judged by Chef Michelle Rou Jr., who, together with a panel of judges, will explore the limits of chefs’ skills with a variety of challenges based on the actual skills they need to survive in the wonderful world. Dining room. Twenty Twenty, sponsored by Warner Bros., is hosting a show that features a rare unscripted co-production between Netflix and the UK broadcaster. In front of Netflix and Channel 4, Incredibly tasty! Finished after one season. “Our ambition is to develop a distinctive set of dimensions and objectives that push the boundaries of programming in a competition format,” said Ruth Kelly, Program Director for Twenty Twenty. In other exploitation news, Canale 4 turns on the post-block version of the cult format The river hut is attached. For more than 4 and a non-profit game will air Grenfell: engineering of value: investigation scenes, Renowned GrenfellWho took the stage at the end of last year.

Sky pairs British broadcasters in the World Cup play-off final

Sky and the UK public broadcaster have reached three agreements to broadcast the FIFA World Cup play-off final on free television on Sunday 5 June. The winner of the match, which will be between Wales and Scotland or Ukraine, will advance to the FIFA World Cup final in Qatar in November, so the stakes are high. The post-deal agreement between Sky Sport and the respective broadcasters will allow viewing of the agreements entered into between Sky Sport and the respective broadcasters, which are not owned by Sky Sport. It shows similar deals between Sky and Channel 4 for the 2019 Cricket World Cup final and between Amazon and Channel 4 for last year’s US Open tennis final, which Britain’s Emma Radukanu won.