Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom and Ireland |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Timeshift service | E4 +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Channel Four Television Corporation |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 18 January 2001 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
See separate section |
Channel 4 |
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Television channels |
Former channels |
Online services |
Other |
E4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. The "E" stands for entertainment and the channel is primarily aimed at the 16–34 age group (similar to BBC Three, ITV2, 5Star, Sky One, Universal TV, Comedy Central and Dave).
Programmes currently shown on the channel include Hollyoaks,[1] Made in Chelsea,[2] Coach Trip (and its Halloween spin-off Celebrity Ghost Trip),[3] The most successful broadcast of the channel to date was on 11 October 2010 when an episode of The Inbetweeners received over 3.7 million viewers.[4]