Country | United Kingdom |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Timeshift service | Film4 +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Channel Four Television Corporation |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 1 November 1998 |
Former names | FilmFour (1998–2006) |
Links | |
Website | channel4 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 14 Channel 47 (+1) |
Streaming media | |
Channel 4 | Watch live |
FilmOn | Watch live |
Sky Go | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
Channel 4 |
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Television channels |
Former channels |
Online services |
Other |
Film4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned by Channel Four Television Corporation launched on 1 November 1998, devoted to broadcasting films. Its standard-definition channel is available on Freeview and Freesat platforms. its high-definition variant is offered free on Freely, and as a pay television service on satellite and cable.
The channel offered an online video on demand service, Film4oD until it was closed in July 2015.