E4
Launched	18 January 2001
Owned by	Channel 4 Television Corporation
Picture format	16:9/4:3, 576i (SDTV)
Audience share	1. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began The aspect ratio of an Image is its width divided by its height The aspect ratio of an Image is its width divided by its height 576i is a standard-definition video mode used in (former PAL and SECAM countries 1% (0. 6% for E4+1) (March 2008, BARB)
Sister channel(s)	Channel 4, More4, Film4
Timeshift service	E4+1
Website	www.e4.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 29 Channel 30 (+1)
Satellite
Freesat	Channel 122
Sky Digital	Channel 136 Channel 137 (+1)
Astra 2D	10729V 22000 5/6
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 144 Channel 145 (+1)
UPC Ireland	Channel 112 Channel 113 (+1)
IPTV over ADSL
Tiscali TV	Channel 14

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When the Big Brother reality show is being transmitted E4 devotes much of its schedule to live coverage from inside the Big Brother house; interactive features that give access to additional camera angles have also been transmitted. Big Brother is a Reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom and Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary The channel also allows Big Brother voting options and Big Brother repeats. Big Brother coverage is among the highest-rating programming on the channel, and comes at a time when most of the year's American imports have ended.

E4 share of viewing 2001-2007 BARB figures

On 16 December 2004, Channel 4 announced that the subscription channel would launch on digital terrestrial television. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " It was a part of the Top Up TV subscription scheme until 27 May 2005, when the channel became available on Freeview, with the potential to increase advertising revenue by attracting a larger audience. Top Up TV is a digital Terrestrial Pay TV service offering content from 23 subscription Channels such as Living, G Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

E4 was also available as part of the basic Sky Digital satellite subscription channel package, due to a long term contract with BSkyB due to expire in 2008. British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the However, on 6 May 2008 the channel went Free-to-Air along with more4 as part of the launch of Freesat. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Free-to-air (FTA Television (TV and Radio broadcasts are sent unencrypted and may be received via any suitable receiver Free-to-view More4 is a Digital television channel produced by United Kingdom broadcaster Channel 4, that launched on 10 October 2005. Freesat is a British Free-to-air digital Satellite television service developed by the BBC

In May 2005 E4 introduced "First Look", showing episodes of popular programmes such as Hollyoaks and drama series such as Lost and Invasion in advance of transmission on Channel 4. Hollyoaks is a British television Soap opera which was first broadcast on 23 October 1995 on Channel 4. Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American serial drama television series. Invasion is an American Science fiction television series that aired on ABC for only one season beginning

In August 2005 E4 became a 24-hour channel with the introduction of E4 Music. It transmits from 6 a. m. (7am on E4+1) unless Big Brother or other reality shows are in progress.

In October 2005 More4 was launched to complement Channel 4's digital channels. More4 is a Digital television channel produced by United Kingdom broadcaster Channel 4, that launched on 10 October 2005. The West Wing has since been moved exclusively to More4.

E4 launched a Republic of Ireland service in June 2002 which has become the second most popular non-terrestrial channel in Ireland with 1. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. 1% of the audience; Sky One is the most popular. [1].

Since 2006 E4 has sponsored the E4 UdderBELLY venue (part of Underbelly) at the Edinburgh Fringe and Brighton Festival. The udderBELLY is an upside-down giant purple Cow tent owned by the event venue and management company Underbelly, and sponsored by E4. The Edinburgh Fringe (officially the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, commonly just The Fringe) is the world’s largest Arts festival. The Brighton Festival is an annual Arts festival which takes place in the city of Brighton and Hove in England each May The venue took the form of a giant upside cow in the purple colour of E4's logo.

In July 2007 it was announced Channel 4 would be launching E4 Radio, the first of a network of channels to be broadcast on DAB radio . In July 2007 it was announced Channel 4 would be launching E4 Radio, the first of a network of channels to be broadcast on DAB radio. Digital Audio Broadcasting ( DAB) also known as Eureka 147, is a Digital radio technology for Broadcasting Radio stations used in The station will be launched in July 2008 and will be aimed at a similar demographic to its sister television channel. ^[1]

Promotions

E4 has become somewhat notorious for its strange promotion campaigns, narrated by the infamous ‘voice of E4’, the late Patrick Allen. John Keith Patrick Allen ( March 17 1927 - July 28 2006) was a British Actor and Voice actor. Since Allen's death in 2006, the similar voice of Peter Dickson has been used. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Dickson is a British radio presenter television announcer and voice over artist who rose to prominence in the 1990s Trailers often make use of dry humour and phrases which, at first, do not appear to make any sense. Droll humor is an often dry witty form of Humor that elicits laughs through amusingly odd sometimes zany behavior or speech Past examples include:

• “Big shiny films in your dinky little home!”
• “In 1886 we invented music telly. We just didn't bother telling anybody. ”
• “The bestest stuff that’s better than any other stuff. ”
• “Second chance Sunday — not just a bunch of repeats, honest. ”
• “It's funnier than a cat in a bomber jacket!”
• "Funnier than a fat cows bum"
• "Keep your ruddy knickers on"

Programme trailers sometimes have the narrator repeating things that characters have said, such as, in a trailer for Ugly Betty that includes one character asking Betty "Why are you crying in the bathroom?", the narrator immediately asks "Why is Betty crying in the bathroom?!". Ugly Betty is an American television Comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera in the title role along with Eric Mabius And on another occasion he says "Oh No! Kerry Katona must be double booked. Kerry Jayne Elizabeth Katona (previously McFadden; born 6 September 1980) is an English Television presenter, Writer " commenting on a cameo by Victoria Beckham. Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams; born 17 April 1974 is an English pop Singer, Songwriter, Dancer turned Fashion Sometimes the narrator appears to interact with the characters of the programme, especially notable in recent trailers for Miss Match and What About Brian. Miss Match is a 2003 American Television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and produced by Twentieth What About Brian was an American dramatic television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J

Films are usually gently ridiculed in their promotion, such as with the voice of E4 telling viewers they "probably will" guess the ending of She's All That and naming actress Kim Cattrall as "That slaggy one from Sex and the City" when advertising an old film she was in. She's All That is a 1999 Romantic comedy film, directed by Robert Iscove, and is a modern remake of George Bernard Shaw 's Kim Victoria Cattrall ( rhyming with shall; born 21 August 1956) is an English born actress who grew up in Canada and now lives Sex and the City was an American Cable television program The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004 for a There is also quite heavy use of British words which have generally fallen out of circulation, such as ‘ruddy’ and ‘gaff’. British English or UK English ( BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the

Occasionally, the E4 narrator narrates for trailers which will show on More4, ending with him being caught off guard that he's narrating for a "different" channel.

E4's continuity sends up the channel's Friends-reliant schedule - while in the past, announcements would generally be the same for example "Now it's time to relax with Friends", more recently the announcers have been more inventive with phrases such as ". . . . after an episode of Friends we've shown so many times the tape's gone a bit wobbly" before a Series 1 episode which indeed had a distorted soundtrack. The "Next" DOG which runs towards the end of programmes on the channel parodies the schedule with phrases such as "Next: The One with Jennifer Aniston". A digital on-screen graphic (known in the UK and New Zealand by the acronym DOG; in the US and Canada as a bug; and in Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11 1969 is an American Film and television actress. Another example of using Friends to get ratings was via promotion for the sitcom The Class; the show was continuously billed as being from one of the creators of Friends, David Crane. The Class is an Emmy Award -nominated Sitcom which premiered at 800 p David Crane (born August 13 1957 in Philadelphia) is an American writer and producer When a late schedule change meant an edition of Big Brother's Big Mouth was moved to Channel 4 in a bid to up ratings, the E4 announcer, Dominic O'Shea said: "Instead, well, I dunno, we'll probably just show another Friends or something. This is a complete list of shows about and relating to Big Brother (UK. " There have only been a handful of days since the creation of E4 when Friends hasn't been shown, after the previous day's editions, the continuity announcers have been heard to say things like, 'Hell must have frozen over because there's no Friends on tomorrow. '

On one occasion when a playout-error caused part of an episode of Desperate Housewives to be repeated, the announcer said, "I know we repeat ourselves a lot on E4 but that was of course a technical fault. Hopefully we'll have it fixed by the time it's repeated on Sunday,"[2] playing on the fact that many of E4's imported American drama programmes are shown at least twice for each episode.

References

External links

• E4.com official site