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- 13 November – The Broadcasting Act 1980 paves the way for a fourth television channel in the UK. The channel is established as a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA). A subscription is levied on the ITV companies to pay for the channel; they sell Channel 4's airtime in return.
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History. Conception. Before Channel 4 and S4C, Britain had three terrestrial television services: BBC1, BBC2, and ITV. The Broadcasting Act 1980 began the process of adding a fourth; Channel 4 was formally created, along with its Welsh counterpart, by an act of Parliament in 1982.
September – Edmund Dell is appointed Chairman of Channel 4, and Jeremy Isaacs becomes its chief executive. 13 November – The Broadcasting Act 1980 paves the way for a fourth television channel in the UK. The channel is established as a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA).
We have the UK’s biggest free streaming service, plus a network of six television channels. Since Channel 4 was created in 1982, it has been at the centre of national conversations and a ...
Channel 4 launches 4 on Demand, allowing free and paid-for downloads via the Internet of television shows. It later rebrands to All 4, and rebrands once more, in 2023, to Channel 4, with the app bearing the same name as the channel 2007: Internet television: ITV relaunch itv.com as an on-demand portal. It later rebrands to ITVX 2007: Analogue ...
Oct 1, 2008 · Share. Issue Section: Channel 4 dossier. It is difficult now even to conceive of the broadcasting environment in which Channel 4 was created. This is itself a mark of the channel's success. It was created in 1982 to challenge the then prevalent beliefs about impartiality, balance and universality of address in broadcasting.
Apr 6, 2022 · Channel 4 became a champion of disability in 2014, when it decided to syphon off a tranche of its programming spending for live broadcasting rights to the Paralympics.
Jan 5, 2023 · Instead of a sale, the government has agreed reforms to help Channel 4 grow and better compete in the age of streaming giants. Plans include allowing Channel 4 the flexibility to make some of...
