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{{Infobox TV channel
|name            = Channel 4
|logosize        = 150px
|logofile        = Channel 4 New Logo.svg
|logoalt=Channel 4's logo is now cut out from a white background, and is shown in moving distortions that reveal programme-specific graphics underneath
|launch          = 2 November 1982
|picture format  = [[576i]] ([[SDTV]] [[16:9]])<br>[[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])
|timeshift names = Channel 4+1
|share          = 5.3%<br>1.0% (+1)<br>
|share as of    = August 2011
|share source    = [http://www.barb.co.uk/report/monthlyViewing?_s=4 BARB]
|sister names    = [[Film4]],<br>[[E4 (channel)|E4]],<br>[[More4]],<br>[[4Music]],<br>[[Kerrang! (TV channel)|Kerrang!]],<br>[[Kiss (TV channel)|Kiss]],<br>[[Magic (TV channel)|Magic]],<br>[[Q (TV channel)|Q]],<br>[[Smash Hits (TV channel)|Smash Hits!]],<br>[[The Box (UK TV channel)|The Box]]
|owner          = Channel Four Television Corporation
|country        = United Kingdom
|web            = [http://www.channel4.com channel4.com]
|terr serv 1    = [[Analogue terrestrial television in the United Kingdom|Analogue]]
|terr chan 1    = ''Normally tuned to 4''<br>(excluding Wales) ''(To be phased out nationwide by 2012)''
|terr serv 2    = [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]
|terr chan 2    = Channel 4<br>Channel 8 (Wales)<br>Channel 13 (+1)<br>Channel 52 (HD, excluding Wales)</br><small>(Currently being rolled out)</small>
|sat serv 1      = [[Freesat]]
|sat chan 1      = Channel 104<br>Channel 120 (Wales)<br>Channel 121 (+1)<br>Channel 126 (HD)
|sat serv 2      = [[Sky (UK & Ireland)|Sky]]
|sat chan 2      = Channel 104<br>Channel 117 (Wales)<br>Channel 135 (+1)<br>Channel 135, 136 +1 ([[Republic of Ireland|IRL]])<br>Channel 140 (HD)
|sat serv 3      = [[Astra 2D]]|
|sat chan 3      = 10714H 22000 5/6<br>10729V 22000 5/6|
|sat serv 4      = [[Astra 2A]]|
|sat chan 4      = 12480V 27500 2/3|
|sat serv 5      = [[Eurobird 1]]|
|sat chan 5      = 12606V 27500 3/4 (HD)|
|cable serv 1    = [[Virgin Media]]
|cable chan 1    = Channel 104<br>Channel 143 (+1)<br>Channel 142 (HD)
|cable serv 2    = [[UPC Ireland]]
|cable chan 2    = Channel 111
|cable serv 3    = [[Cablecom]]  <small>(Switzerland)</small>
|cable chan 3    = Channel 163 <small>(CH-D)</small>
|cable serv 4    = [[Smallworld Cable]]
|cable chan 4    = Channel 104<br>Channel 138 (+1)<br>Channel 108 (HD)
|adsl serv 1    = [[TalkTalk TV]]
|adsl chan 1    = Channel 4
|online serv 1  = [[4oD]]
|online chan 1  = [http://www.channel4.com/programmes/4od Main online service of Channel 4]
}}
'''Channel 4''' is a British [[Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom|public-service]] [[television]] broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the [[Independent Broadcasting Authority]] (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by the [[#Channel Four Television Corporation|Channel Four Television Corporation]], a public body established in 1990, coming into operation in 1993. With the conversion of the [[Wenvoe transmitting station|Wenvoe]] transmitter in Wales to digital on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became a UK-wide TV channel for the first time.
'''Channel 4''' is a British [[Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom|public-service]] [[television]] broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the [[Independent Broadcasting Authority]] (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by the [[#Channel Four Television Corporation|Channel Four Television Corporation]], a public body established in 1990, coming into operation in 1993. With the conversion of the [[Wenvoe transmitting station|Wenvoe]] transmitter in Wales to digital on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became a UK-wide TV channel for the first time.


It aired Futurama until 2004
It aired ''[[Futurama]]'' until [[2004]].


[[Category:Networks]]
[[Category:Networks]]

Revision as of 20:02, 14 August 2012

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by the Channel Four Television Corporation, a public body established in 1990, coming into operation in 1993. With the conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter in Wales to digital on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became a UK-wide TV channel for the first time.

It aired Futurama until 2004.