Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom and Ireland |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Timeshift service | E4 +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Channel Four Television Corporation |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 18 January 2001 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
See separate section |
Channel 4 |
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Television channels |
Former channels |
Online services |
Other |
E4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. The "E" stands for entertainment and the channel is primarily aimed at the 16/18–34 age group (similar to BBC Three, ITV2, 5Star, Sky Max, Sky Comedy, Comedy Central and U&Dave).
Programmes currently shown on the channel include Hollyoaks,[1] Made in Chelsea,[2] Coach Trip (and its Halloween spin-off Celebrity Ghost Trip),[3] The most successful broadcast of the channel to date was on 11 October 2010 when an episode of The Inbetweeners received over 3.7 million viewers.[4]