Film4
Appearance
Film4 | |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Channel Four Television Corporation |
Sister channels | 4seven Channel 4 E4 More4 4Music The Box Box Hits Kerrang! Kiss Magic |
History | |
Launched | 1 November 1998 |
Former names | FilmFour (1998–2006) |
Links | |
Website | film4 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 14 Channel 46 (+1) |
Cable | |
Virgin Media | Channel 428 Channel 429 (HD) Channel 430 (+1) |
Virgin Media Ireland (Horizon and older boxes) | Channel 323 Channel 324 (+1) Channel 343 (HD) |
Virgin Media Ireland (TV 360) | Channel 318 (HD) Channel 363 Channel 524 (+1) |
UPC Cablecom (Switzerland) | Channel 166 (CH-D) |
Naxoo (Switzerland) | Channel 226 |
WightFibre | Channel 29 Channel 30 (+1) |
Satellite | |
Freesat | Channel 300 Channel 301 (+1) |
Sky | Channel 313 (SD/HD) Channel 314 (+1) Channel 855 (SD) |
Astra 2E (28.2°E) | 10714 H 22000 5/6 10936 V 22000 5/6 (+1) 12266 H 29500 8/9 (HD) |
IPTV | |
BT | Programmes available on-demand |
SwisscomTV (Switzerland) | Channel arbitrary |
Eir Vision | Channel 315 Channel 316 (+1) |
Streaming media | |
All 4 | Watch live |
FilmOn | Watch live |
Sky Go | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
Film4 is a British freeview television channel. Channel Four Television Corporation owns the channel. It started broadcasting on 1 November 1998. The standard-definition channel is available as a freeview network and the high-definition channel requires payment to watch.[1][2][3][4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Film4 HD to launch exclusively on Virgin Media". Virgin Media. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ↑ "Film4 HD". Film4. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ↑ "Sky adds Channel 4's 4oD to create the UK's most complete catch-up TV service". BSkyB. 15 March 2013. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ↑ "News: New Travel Channel, Film 4 and Film 4+1". Freeview. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.