BBC Four
Television channel operated by the BBC
(Redirected from BBC 4)
BBC Four is a television channel developed by BBC. It was started on 2 March 2002. It often shows documentaries and arts programmes that often have a much smaller audience than BBC One or Two. It shows programmes between 7pm and 4am every day, timeshared with CBeebies.
| BBC Four | |
|---|---|
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide. Also widely available in Switzerland, Ireland, the Netherlands and United States. |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC |
| Sister channels | BBC One BBC Two BBC News BBC Parliament CBBC CBeebies |
| History | |
| Launched | 2 March 2002 |
| Replaced | BBC Knowledge |
| Links | |
| Website | BBC Four |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview (UK) | Channel 9 (Eng, Wales, NI) Channel 24 (Scot) Channel 106 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media (UK and Ireland) | Channel 107 (HD; UK) Channel 117 (Ireland) |
| Kabeltex (Netherlands) | Channel 164 |
| UPC Switzerland (Switzerland) | Channel 204 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Freesat (UK) | Channel 107 (SD/HD) Channel 173 (SD) |
| Sky (UK and Ireland) | Channel 116 (SD/HD; UK) Channel 143 (SD/HD; Ireland) Channel 815 (SD; UK) Channel 833 (SD; Ireland) |
| Astra 2E (28.2°E) | 10773 H 22000 5/6 |
| Astra 2G (28.2°E) | 11023 H 23000 3/4 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| SwisscomTV (Switzerland) | Channel arbitrary |
| KPN (Netherlands) | Channel arbitrary |
| Eir Vision | Channel 207 Channel 211 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| BBC iPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
| Horizon Go | Watch live (Ireland only) Watch live (Switzerland only) |
A high definition of the channel, BBC Four HD was launched on 10 December 2013 alongside the sister channels BBC Three HD, BBC News HD, CBBC HD, and CBeebies HD.
References
change- BBC One witch BBC TG24 Closed in Wednesday 18 October 2023
- BBC Radio 2 in 2024 Has UKTV Standby BBC UKTV
- ITV Restarts Tee and Mo on CBeebies at 06:56:59pm in Dave is no longer In the UK in 2020.
Other websites
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