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- Title
Film4, Freeview and Public Service Broadcasting: Screening Films on British Television in the Multi-channel Era.
- Authors
Keene, Rachael
- Abstract
This article analyses the shift in programming policy that took place when Channel 4's specialist subscription channel FilmFour was relaunched as Film4 on the Freeview digital terrestrial television platform in 2006. Scheduling data is used to interrogate the nationality, age and genre of films screened on both channels between 1998 and 2011. The changing character of film programming during this period is shown to relate, in part, to increased commercial pressures brought about by the rapidly evolving multi-channel landscape. While commercial imperatives were indeed a key factor in this evolution, Film4's scheduling strategies are also shown to be a product of the broadcaster's desire to reassert its public service identity in the Freeview era.
- Subjects
TELEVISION programmers &; programming; CHANNEL Four Television Corp.; TELEVISION broadcasting of films; PUBLIC service television programs; FILMFOUR Ltd.
- Publication
Journal of British Cinema & Television, 2014, Vol 11, Issue 4, p499
- ISSN
1743-4521
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3366/jbctv.2014.0231