4seven

4seven
Logo used since 2018
CountryUnited Kingdom
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerChannel Four Television Corporation
Sister channels
History
Launched4 July 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-04)
ReplacedMore4 +2
Links
Websitechannel4.com/now/4s
Availability
Terrestrial
FreeviewChannel 49
Streaming media
Channel 4Watch live
Virgin TV GoWatch live (UK only)

4seven (commonly stylised as 47) is a British free-to-air television channel which was launched on 4 July 2012 at 7.00 pm. According to Channel 4, it was created in response to its viewers demanding Channel 4 to broadcast old programming from the network. Its programming focuses on Channel 4's top rated programmes.[1]

4seven launched with 20 hours of content in the schedule per day. In the 8.00 pm and 10.00 pm slots the channel broadcasts a repeat of shows from the previous day that have created a critical buzz in newspapers, chatter on social media through Twitter and Facebook and reaction on the overnight log of comments kept by the broadcaster. The 11.00 pm slot is used to repeat the programme shown on Channel 4 at 9.00 pm, which air again on 4seven at 9.00 pm the following day.[2] The rest of the programmes on 4seven are repeats of the most popular ones of the week. Weekends are devoted to multiple repeats of the best-rated programmes of the past seven days.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Channel 4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Khalsa, Balihar (28 June 2012). "4Seven builds schedule around 9pm and 11pm". Broadcast. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  3. ^ Brown, Maggie (3 June 2012). "4Seven: the TV channel with programmes chosen by Facebook". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2012.