Whois & Analysis for channel4.com

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993.

With the conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter group in Wales to digital on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became a UK-wide TV channel for the first time.

Walter Presents is a video on demand service of Channel 4, part of its All 4 online platform.

Launched on 3 January 2016, it specialises in foreign language drama and comedy.

It is named after Walter Iuzzolino, who selects its content.

All 4 is a video on demand service from Channel Four Television Corporation.

The service launched on 16 November 2006 as 4oD (shorthand for 4 on Demand).

The service offers a variety of programmes recently shown on Channel 4, E4, More4 or from their archives.

However some programmes and movies are not available due to rights issues.

On Demand is the brand-name of a range of services from Sky designed to compete with video on demand services currently offered by rival companies such as Virgin TV or BT Vision as well as internet television services such as LoveFilm and Netflix.