CHANNEL FOUR

1. Launched on our screens november 1982


2. british television station


3. 1st voice heard on the day it lauch was from a guy called Paul Coia "Good afternoon. It's a pleasure to be able to say to you: Welcome to Channel Four",


4. other channels assoicaited with it are E4, More4, Film 4 and 4music


5. They committed itself to providing to the audience of minority groups an alternative to the existing channels.


6. service established through the Broadcasting Act 1981 but this does not exsist now but there is an braodcasting act 1990 which is recent.


7. It is a publicly owned corporation and does not have any shareholders.


8. The board is OFCOM which is a t.v regulator.


9. The Chief Executive is Andy Duncan

ARTICLE FROM THE SUN

CHANNEL 4 faces a MULTI-MILLION pound bill after watchdogs said angry Big Brother fans could be refunded phone-vote cash. The premium-rate phone regulator ICSTIS is studying 2,700 complaints over BB plans to allow evicted housemates back on the show.Furious fans are demanding their money back after voting people out — and Channel 4 could be forced to pay back £3MILLION. ‘This report in the sun explains the big brother scandal that channel 4 got in trouble for. When fans of big brother voted off the housemates that they did not like, big brother organized another vote to bring back housemates that have been evicted which angered fans as they paid for no reason. They rebelled and asked for their money back.