Editing Channel 4 (section)

{{Short description|British free-to-air television channel}}
{{about|the British television channel|other uses}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Channel 4
| logo = Channel 4 (On Demand) 2023.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| logo_caption = Green version of the 2022 logo, used since 2023
| image = Cropped image of 124 Horseferry Road, London.jpg
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1982|11|2|df=y}}
| owner = [[Channel Four Television Corporation]]
| picture_format = [[1080i]]/[[1080p]] [[HDTV]]{{efn|1080p25 sometimes only on [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]].}} (downscaled to [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
| headquarters = {{ubl | [[124 Horseferry Road]], London, England | [[Majestic, Leeds|Majestic]], Leeds, England}}
| caption = Channel 4 Headquarters
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| area = {{plainlist|
* United Kingdom
* [[Republic of Ireland]]
* [[Isle of Man]]
* [[Channel Islands]]
  }}
| sister_channels = {{hlist|[[4seven]]|[[E4 (TV channel)|E4]]|[[E4 Extra]]|[[Film4]]|[[More4]]}}
| timeshift_service = Channel 4 +1
| website = {{URL|http://www.channel4.com/|channel4.com}}
| terr_serv_1 = [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]
| terr_chan_1 = {{plainlist|
* Channel 4 (SD; 7 in Wales)
* Channel 15 (+1)
* Channel 104 (HD; 110 in Wales) 
}}
| online_serv_1 = [[Channel 4 (VoD service)|Channel 4]]
| online_chan_1 = {{nowrap|[http://www.channel4.com/now/c4 Watch live]}}
| online_serv_2 = [[TVPlayer]]
| online_chan_2 = [http://www.tvplayer.com/watch/channel4 Watch live] (UK only)
| online_serv_3 = [[Sky Go]]
| online_chan_3 = {{longitem|[http://go.sky.com/ Watch live]&nbsp;(UK and Ireland only)}}
| online_serv_4 = Virgin TV Anywhere
| online_chan_4 = {{plainlist|
* [http://anywhere.virginmedia.com/channels/live/channel-4/ Watch live]&nbsp;(UK only)
* [http://anywhere.virginmedia.com/channels/live/channel-4-plus1/ Watch live]&nbsp;(+1, UK only)
}}
}}
{{Channel Four Television Corporation|sidebar=yes}}
'''Channel 4''' is a British [[free-to-air]] [[public broadcast]] television channel owned and operated by [[Channel Four Television Corporation]]. It is [[state-owned enterprise|publicly owned]] but, unlike the [[BBC]], it receives no [[public funding]] and is funded entirely by its commercial activities, including [[Television advertisement|advertising]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions {{!}} Channel 4 |url=https://www.channel4.com/corporate/about-4/operating-responsibly/freedom-information/frequently-asked-questions |access-date=2 February 2023 |website=channel4.com}}</ref> It began its transmission in 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the [[television licence|licence]]-funded [[BBC1]] and [[BBC2]], and a single commercial broadcasting network, [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].

Originally a subsidiary of the [[Independent Broadcasting Authority]] (IBA),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Catterall |first1=Peter | author-link = Pippa Catterall | title=The Making of Channel 4 |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1135018870}}<!--|accessdate=18 February 2016|title=Channel 4 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/channel-4 |publisher=Gov.uk |accessdate=14 April 2019}}--></ref> the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the [[Department for Culture, Media and Sport]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Channel 4 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/channel-4 |publisher=Gov.uk |accessdate=14 April 2019 |archive-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615011548/https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/channel-4 |url-status=live }}</ref> which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. Until 2010, Channel 4 did not broadcast in Wales, but many of its programmes were re-broadcast there by the Welsh fourth channel [[S4C]]. In 2010, Channel 4 extended service into Wales and became a nationwide television channel. The network's headquarters are in London and [[Leeds]], with creative hubs in [[Manchester]], [[Glasgow]] and [[Bristol]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Channel 4 announces composition of new National HQ and Creative Hubs |url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-announces-composition-new-national-hq-and-creative-hubs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118020205/https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-announces-composition-new-national-hq-and-creative-hubs |archive-date=18 January 2021 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>