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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. 1981.
Nov 2, 2020 · With literally hundreds of channels and on-demand services now available, it's perhaps hard to imagine a world where viewing options were limited to just three linear TV channels - but that was exactly the case until this day in 1982, when Channel 4 burst onto the airwaves across the UK.
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.
Today, the experimental community TV cable channels which briefly served places like Swindon, Milton Keynes and Greenwich are remembered as curios from a television past, but they are better understood as a precursor to the push to make the fourth TV channel a radically different platform for voices and experiences ignored by mainstream television.
Channel 4 is free-to-air and freely available to all of the UK. We have the UK’s biggest free streaming service, plus a network of six television channels. Since Channel 4 was created in...
Nov 2, 2007 · 1. Channel 4 began broadcasting at 4.45pm on 2 November 1982. 2. The first voice heard was that of continuity announcer Paul Coia. He said, "Good afternoon. It's a pleasure to be able...
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Nov 2, 2022 · Channel 4 turns 40 today! Over the last four decades, TV's favourite rebel has presented us with programming that has challenged norms, asked difficult questions and certainly been far from...
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