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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i/1080p HDTV[a] (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Timeshift service | Channel 4 +1 |
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| Owner | Channel Four Television Corporation |
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| History | |
| Launched | 2 November 1982 |
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| Website | channel4.com |
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| Channel 4 | Watch live |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
| Sky Go | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
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Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded entirely by its commercial activities, including advertising.[1] It began its transmission in 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the licence-funded BBC1 and BBC2, and a single commercial broadcasting network, ITV.
Originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA),[2] the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport,[3] which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. Until 2010, Channel 4 did not broadcast in Wales, but many of its programmes were re-broadcast there by the Welsh fourth channel S4C. In 2010, Channel 4 extended service into Wales and became a nationwide television channel. The network's headquarters are in London and Leeds, with creative hubs in Glasgow and Bristol.[4]
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- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions | Channel 4". channel4.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ Catterall, Peter (2013). The Making of Channel 4. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135018870.
- ^ "Channel 4". Gov.uk. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "Channel 4 announces composition of new National HQ and Creative Hubs". Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.