BBC Four
Television channel operated by the BBC
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.
