My research into the television broadcasting network e4 for my coursework

1. Research into E4
A look into the company and it’s history

2. What is E4?
• E4 is a free to air television channel through the channel 4 television corporation
that provides entertainment to millions through popular shows such: How I met
your mother,The inbetweeners, Brooklyn 99,The Harley Quinn animated series,
celebs go dating, Rick and Morty, Ru Paul’s Drag Race, big bang theory and more. It
appeals to all groups and demographics based on the shows available and tries to
appeal mostly to the ages of 16-34 year olds.Their most successful broadcast to
date, was an episode of the inbetweeners which brought in 3.7 million viewers.
• Additionally between 2001 and 2010 a lot of focus was put
Brief Summary

3. The origins of the corporation
18 Jan. 2001
Originally launched as a pay channel on
channel 4 on the 18th of January 2001, and
was later announced that the channel would
no longer be subscription based and would
instead be available to all on December 16th
2004.
2002
Additionally a republic of Ireland service was
also set up in 2002, becoming the second
biggest channel in Ireland, beaten by sky one.
2005
As well as this in 2005 E4 music was
introduced thar ran through morning and
daytime but was cut down to just mornings
due to a greater and more busy schedule of
dramas and comedies.

4. Most popular programs
Their two most popular shows are currently:
The inbetweeners with the biggest viewing on the channel being over 3 million
named Home Alone. Second place being the camping trip
Big BangTheory is the second most viewed show, attracting 2,803,000 viewers.The
episode being ‘The date night variable’. Second place beingThe Perspiration
Implementation.