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'''Channel 4''', founded by Act of Parliament in 1982, is the [[United Kingdom]]'s commercially funded public service television broadcaster. The channel was initially created as a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) under the Broadcasting Act 1981, and was transferred to a new company called the Channel Four Television Corporation in 1990. The corporation also has offshoot channels such as Film4 (which commissions its own high quality films) E4 and More4. | '''Channel 4''', founded by Act of Parliament in 1982, is the [[United Kingdom]]'s commercially funded public service television broadcaster. The channel was initially created as a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) under the Broadcasting Act 1981, and was transferred to a new company called the Channel Four Television Corporation in 1990. The corporation also has offshoot channels such as Film4 (which commissions its own high quality films) E4 and More4. | ||
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[[Category:TV Networks]] | [[Category:TV Networks]] | ||
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Revision as of 00:30, December 17, 2015
Channel 4, founded by Act of Parliament in 1982, is the United Kingdom's commercially funded public service television broadcaster. The channel was initially created as a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) under the Broadcasting Act 1981, and was transferred to a new company called the Channel Four Television Corporation in 1990. The corporation also has offshoot channels such as Film4 (which commissions its own high quality films) E4 and More4.