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| Launched | 10 October 2005 |
| Owned by | Channel 4 Television Corporation |
| Picture format | 16:9, 4:3 |
| Audience share | 1. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of 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 0% (0. 1% for +1) (March 2008, BARB) |
| Sister channel(s) | Channel 4, E4, Film4 |
| Timeshift service | More4+1 |
| Website | www.channel4.com/more4 |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 14 |
| Satellite | |
| Freesat | Channel 124 |
| Sky Digital | Channel 138 Channel 139 (+1) |
| Astra 2D | 10729V 22000 5/6 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 142 |
| UPC Ireland | Channel 118 Channel 119 (+1) |
| IPTV over ADSL | |
| Tiscali TV | Channel 15 |
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Content
More4 centres around lifestyle, documentary, and arts programming, and competes with the BBC's similar offering, BBC Four. BBC Four is a BBC Television channel available to digital television ( Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable) viewers in the More4 airs from 9:00 am until about 3:00 am. The channel's annual budget is £33 million, of which £20 million is earmarked for original programming. Peter Dale, Channel 4's current head of documentary events and the new channel's chief said it would be "television that restarts the conversation".
To encourage new viewers to try the new service, Channel 4 moved its first-run showing of The West Wing, showing season 6 and 7 back to back, from its sister digital station E4 to More4 and Without a Trace from Channel 4. E4 is a digital television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, launched as a pay-TV companion to Channel 4 on 18 January Without a Trace is an American television show set in New York City. 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 channel also carries other American imports such as The Daily Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and repeats of Channel 4 programmes including game show Deal or No Deal, reality TV show Brat Camp, investigative series Dispatches, and the controversial Body Shock. The Daily Show (known in its current incarnation as The Daily Show Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American Sitcom starring Seinfeld writer co-creator and executive producer Larry David as himself and Deal or No Deal is the United Kingdom version of the Endemol Game show, which was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 31 October Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary Brat Camp is a Reality TV show about a group of misbehaving teenagers who are sent away to a special camp located in the Utah desert A half-hour long news programme, called More4 News and hosted by former Channel 4 News Asia correspondent Kylie Morris, shows on weekdays at 8:00 pm, and is intended to complement the main hour long Channel 4 News programme that immediately precedes it on the original Channel 4. More4 News is a daily news programme on the More4 digital television channel in the United Kingdom, airing Monday to Friday from 8 Channel 4 News is the news division of British TV broadcaster Channel 4. Kylie Morris is a Australian Newsreader She moved to the UK in 1998 after working with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Daytime content includes classic films and reruns of shows such as Hill Street Blues and ER. Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987 ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on .
The station also carries Morgan Spurlock's reality TV show 30 Days and American dramas such as The Closer. Morgan Spurlock (born November 7, 1970) is an American documentary Filmmaker, Television producer and Screenwriter 30 Days is a Reality television show on the FX cable network in the United States created and hosted by Morgan Spurlock. The Closer is an American Television police Drama series The show which focuses upon the character of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson The channel features a nightly discussion programme Starkey's Last Word hosted by David Starkey during the Autumn line-up. Not to be confused with David Starkey (maritime historian. David Robert Starkey CBE (born 3 January 1945) This show was originally called The Last Word and hosted alternately by Stanley Johnson, Mark Dolan, Hardeep Singh Kohli and David Mitchell and occasional special guest hosts such as Morgan Spurlock. Stanley Patrick Johnson (born 18 August 1940 in Cornwall) is a British politician and author and a noted expert on environmental and population Mark Dolan (born 17 March, 1974) is an English comedian writer and TV presenter. Hardeep Singh Kohli (born 1969 is a Sikh writer presenter broadcaster and reporter of Indian descent from Scotland and working in the United David Mitchell (born 14 July 1974 is a British Actor, Comedian and Writer. Morgan Spurlock (born November 7, 1970) is an American documentary Filmmaker, Television producer and Screenwriter
On midweek days, it shows hour long and feature length documentaries including Channel 4's Cutting Edge films. Cutting Edge is a British TV documentary series that focuses on political and Social issues On its first night, the channel led with the satirical docudrama A Very Social Secretary about the affair between David Blunkett, the former British Home Secretary, and Kimberly Quinn. A Docudrama is a Dramatization of actual historical events Generalities Docudramas tend to demonstrate some or most of the following characteristics David Blunkett (born 6 June 1947 is a British Labour Party Politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office Kimberly Quinn (born 1961 as Kimberly Solomon, also formerly known as Kimberly Fortier) is an American Journalist, Commentator and
In April 2006, More4 broadcast a live hypnosurgery hernia operation. Stories without links will be removed'. News stories must be in English Hypnosurgery is the term given to an operation where the Patient is sedated using Hypnotherapy rather than traditional anaesthetics A hernia is a protrusion of a tissue, structure or part of an organ through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained
From 1 October 2007, More4 broadcast a season of programmes celebrating the 25th anniversary of its parent, Channel 4.
Channel launch
In September 2005 Channel 4 began running teaser trailers for the new station (although the name was neither mentioned nor seen in the adverts). Showing neon lettering, the teasers hinted at "adult entertainment". Some people may have been confused by the deliberate double-meaning of these trailers and mistakenly presumed the new channel would be of a pornographic nature. Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer The Daily Mail refused to accept launch advertising for the channel on these grounds. The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format
Advertisements starting at the end of September made it much clearer that the "adult entertainment" being offered was the 'intelligent and insightful' programming.
Viewing figures for the launch date gave More4 an average figure of 269,000 viewers, compared to E4's 296,000. E4 is a digital television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, launched as a pay-TV companion to Channel 4 on 18 January
Availability
Space was reserved on Freeview multiplex C for the channel. However, despite Channel 4 saying that the channel would appear on multiplex C, the channel has appeared on multiplex 2. A place holder appeared on the Freeview EPG at number 13 on 13 September and after a time, ran a looping teaser trailer. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September More4+1 became available on the DTT platform on 14 December 2005. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was removed on 18 May 2006, to make way for live coverage of Big Brother, and the Freeview launch of Film4 later in the year. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Big Brother 7 in 2006 was the seventh series of the United Kingdom Reality television series Big Brother. Film4 is a free digital Television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned and operated by Channel 4, that screens
While More4 is available on most cable platforms, More4+1 was available on Virgin Media until 20 August 2007 when it was replaced by Channel4+1 across the digital television network. Virgin Media Inc (formerly known as ntlTelewest, after a merger of NTL Incorporated with Telewest Global Inc
Despite initial advertising and official internet communication that it would be free-to-air on satellite television, More4 was encrypted under Sky Digital's pay TV scheme until May 6, 2008 when it dropped its NDS encryption and went free-to-air. Free-to-air (FTA Television (TV and Radio broadcasts are sent unencrypted and may be received via any suitable receiver Free-to-view 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 It joined the BBC and ITV's new satellite platform, Freesat on the same day. Freesat is a British Free-to-air digital Satellite television service developed by the BBC
More4 is available to viewers in the Republic of Ireland via Sky Digital and NTL Ireland's digital service. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. NTL Communications (Ireland Limited is a Cable television and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS company in the Republic of Ireland. This led to further speculation that Channel 4 would eventually launch on Sky Digital in the Republic of Ireland, which it did in December 2006. C4 has already made its other flagship channels: E4, E4+1, Film4 and Film4+1 available in Ireland via Sky Digital, NTL and Chorus digital TV providers. E4 is a digital television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, launched as a pay-TV companion to Channel 4 on 18 January Film4 is a free digital Television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned and operated by Channel 4, that screens NTL Communications (Ireland Limited is a Cable television and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS company in the Republic of Ireland. Chorus Communications is a Communications provider in Ireland, it offers Internet, Television and Telephone services Channel 4 itself is available on almost all Irish cable and MMDS systems (a very small number of Chorus towns in Wicklow and Wexford carry S4C instead). MMDS is also an acronym for Mortality Medical Data System. Multichannel multipoint distribution service, also known as MMDS Wicklow ( is the County seat of County Wicklow in Ireland. Located south of the capital Dublin on the east coast of the island it has a population Wexford (derived from Old Norse Veisafjǫrðr (in some sources spelled "Waes Fiord" – veisa meaning "mudflat stagnant pool" S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru meaning Channel Four Wales) is a television channel in Wales
See also
References
External links
- More4 at Channel4.com
- Official More4 News blog at Channel4.com
- Press release announcing the new channel at Channel4.com
- Channel 4's content commissioning page for More4 at Channel4.com
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart strikes syndication deal with Channel 4
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