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20 April 2011

Welcome to the new and (considerably) improved Channel 4 Press Centre.

The new Press Centre will be updated daily with all of the latest information emanating from Channel 4. All announcements, press releases, programme information, press packs, interviews and programme clips will be posted on the site.

The Press Centre will continue to provide access to comprehensive, up-to-date programme listings information, and beautiful, arresting images relating to Channel 4 programmes, just as the old site did. However, this site will feature considerably less of the colour grey. 

But it's not just a different colour, revolutionary as that may be. The new site boasts a raft of changes and technical innovations that could very well change life on earth as we know it. Or, at the very least, make it slightly easier to find out information about Hollyoaks.

Here are some of the areas we think might prove particularly useful.

 

Video content
The site will feature video material including exclusive interviews with some of Channel 4's biggest names, and a weekly selection of clips from forthcoming programmes. Users will be able to take the embed codes for the videos and show the material on their own website (please take time to read the related terms and conditions).

(Please note that text interviews with Channel 4 talent will also be made available for print media to run.)

 

Listings and Images
The new listings section has a cleaner, clearer design in keeping with Channel4.com. Day-to-day and week-to-week navigation has been much improved, and a simple drop-down menu means that the family of C4 channels are instantly accessible. The picture section of the new site is easily navigable and much more user friendly, with all the latest images available on one page. The user can download up to 40 images in one go, and can also enlarge images and download them straightaway.

 

Search Facility
Like the old Channel 4 site, the new website has a search facility. Unlike the old site, this one actually works. No longer will a search for a Dispatches image elicit a results page consisting entirely of listings information relating to Peep Show. The search can also be refined by programme genre or article type.

 

Email Alerts
We know you're busy, and there's a lot of information to keep track of out there. Rumour has it there are even other TV channels. So, in order to ensure you don't miss that crucial nugget of information you've been waiting for, you can sign up to the website's email alerts by clicking the button next to the word "subscribe" at the top right of every page. Tick any of the boxes that interest you, and we'll email you whenever a story in your chosen area(s) is posted up on the site.  Please be aware that if you sign up for all six alerts, you will sometimes receive several emails in a day from Channel 4. But then who wouldn't want that?

 

@C4Press
If you're out and about and checking up on the latest @CharlieSheen news why not follow www.twitter.com/C4Press as well. Something might pop up that you are interested in. It wont just be an RSS feed for the press centre.

 

Registering for the Site
The majority of the site is open to be viewed by anyone.  However, the Listings and Images sections of the site, and contact information, will be password-protected.  If you need access to these sections, please click on the ‘Register' link at the top right of this page. 

You will then be asked for a few details, which will see you signed up to Channel4.com.  You'll then go to a page which will ask for your press credentials.  When you have entered these, we will process your application as quickly as possible and notify you by email when we have done so.  If you have any problems or queries, please call the press office front desk on 020 7306 8444. 

One More Thing...
Forgive us one more moment of shameless self-promotion, but like all proud parents, we think our new baby is awfully good. It's not every day a new dream becomes a reality, particularly one that is a marriage of genius, beauty, and a little bit of witchcraft. So have a good peep around, we really hope you like what you see. We can promise it's the dog's Hollyoaks. We swear.