E4
E4 is a British digital television channel,
launched as a pay-TV companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. The
"E" stands for entertainment,
and the channel is mainly aimed at the 15–35 age group. Most of the programmes shown are repeat shows as well as new shows but repeat over time. E4 buys the rights for shows and then show them these programmes include fiction programmes such as Dramas, as well as sitcoms, fly on the wall documentaries and structured reality programmes.
The viewing figures for E4 in 2012 according to BARB are 3,526,000 viewers a day and 12,361,000 which means 21% of people watch it at least once a week.
Some of the programmes: The Cleveland Show, The O.C., Smallville, Veronica Mars, Everwood, What About Brian?, Desperate Housewives, How I Met Your Mother, 90210, One Tree Hill, Ugly Betty, Scrubs, Rules of Engagement, The Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls, Revenge, and formerly Friends. Other programming includes British shows such as Misfits, The Ricky Gervais Show, Shameless, Hollyoaks, Skins, The Inbetweeners, Made in Chelsea, and My Mad Fat Diary.
The viewing figures for E4 in 2012 according to BARB are 3,526,000 viewers a day and 12,361,000 which means 21% of people watch it at least once a week.
Some of the programmes: The Cleveland Show, The O.C., Smallville, Veronica Mars, Everwood, What About Brian?, Desperate Housewives, How I Met Your Mother, 90210, One Tree Hill, Ugly Betty, Scrubs, Rules of Engagement, The Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls, Revenge, and formerly Friends. Other programming includes British shows such as Misfits, The Ricky Gervais Show, Shameless, Hollyoaks, Skins, The Inbetweeners, Made in Chelsea, and My Mad Fat Diary.
History: E4 was also available as part of the basic
Sky satellite subscription channel package, due to a long term contract with BSkyB
it only became free-to-air in 2008. This change happened on 6 May 2008 and the
channel joined Free sat along with More4.
BBC Three
BBC three is a TV channel from BBC Broadcasting which has a target
audience of 16-34 year olds. The institutions purpose is to provide innovative
content to young audiences. It was previously known as BBC Choice prior to
2002.
The programmes that BBC three
present to its audience have a wide range of genres, such as, Drama, Comedy,
News, Sports, Documentaries, Music, and others. Some of BBC three’s programmes
are from the USA, Family Guy and American Dad are some examples. The main genre
that BBC three focuses on is Drama; they show Doctor Who, Being Human,
Sherlock, etc. All these popular shows contribute to their success. BBC three
has had a phenomenal amount of success in the past 6 years as they have managed
to win more awards than all of its commercial rivals such as ITV2, Channel 5,
E4, and others, put together for the past 25 years.
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