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Whats this Channel4 ?

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Ever wondered what makes Channel 4 tick, who runs it and how it all works? What's This Channel 4? will tell you all there is to know about how and why the channel began in 1982, how it all works now and where it might be headed in the future.

With almost forty video interviews with key personnel from across the organisation, you'll get a unique insight into this unique broadcaster.


Lygo

TV commissioning

Channel 4 and its relationship to the independant sector.

Portrait photograph

Video Interviews

With some of the key players at C4

Jon Snow of Channel 4

Channel 4 News

The appeal of the award-winning Channel 4 News programme


Original Channel 4 logo from 1982

Marketing

How does the channel market and promote itself?
History of the channel

Channel history

Key moments in the life of the channel

Channel 4 building

The Building

Fascinating panoramic views of the Channel 4 building


Play our Compliance Game and see if you can keep both the viewers and Ofcom happy in a live broadcast situation

Find out how to maintain audience share in our Scheduling Game

You decide what the top five stories of the day are in our Channel 4 News Game

Make a twenty second promotional video for this website in our Promotion Game
Look back on the key moments, controversies and changes at the Channel since 1982
Keep up to date with who's who at the channel at the 4 producers website.

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