1. CHANNEL RESEARCH
James Matthews Media Work

2. BBC
• BBC 1 Is the main channel of the BBC franchise. The channel first aired on 2nd
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November 1936 as just the BBC.
When the channel first aired it made history as the worlds first regular channel to
post high resolution video (at the time)
The channel's annual budget for 2012/13 is £1.14 billion, this is funded by the
television licenses.
The BBC prides itself on the fact that its shows are uninterrupted by commercial
advertising.
In 2012 the BBC have been rated excellent on their coverage of the Olympics.
The BBC has a demographic that covers practically everybody, this is because
BBC1 & 2 Cover the older people while BBC 3 covers the teenagers and then
CBBC covers the children. This is one of the main reasons why the BBC is the
main television channel
The BBC also realised that many of its viewers miss out on shows due to
personal reasons. To combat this the BBC released a on demand catch up TV
player called iplayer. This allows people to watch shows they have missed when
ever they want on a computer phone or tablet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/
BBC remit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/about/how_we_govern/purpose_re
mits/nations.pdf

3. Luther
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Luther is a British Psychological crime drama
The show follows the life of DCI John Luther and his
fixation with catching the criminal which often leads him
into danger.
The 1st season of Luther averaged over 5.9 million
viewers per episode.
Luther has been condemned by people as they feel the
show is too violent and negatively portrays the police.
Luther has carried on and became more popular with
each season and has recently confirmed that there will be
a Luther movie

4. • ITV is a mainstream channel which launched in 1955.
• The channel consider themselves to be the best channel for drama,
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this is shown through their motto “Where Drama Lives”
The channel originally launched as an independent television
authority.
ITV has a very wide variety of shows, this is because each channel
has a slightly wider
ITV has 27 dedicated regional channels
The channel is now the largest commercial TV station and has a huge
range in its demographic, this is because in 2012 ITV shown 80/100
of the top programs for 16-34’s and 96/100 of the top shows for ABC1
(upper, middle and lower middle class) Adults
As ITV recognises it has such a wide demographic and sometimes
people are bound to miss a show or two they followed the trend and
made an online on demand player this allows you to watch live TV
and also recent programs ( https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/ )

5. Downton Abbey
• Downton Abbey is a British period drama
• The show was incredibly popular averaging over 11
million viewers each season.
• Set from 1912 in an East Yorkshire Estate owned by the
Crawley family
• The drama focuses on the day to day lives of everybody
who lives and works in the estate and how events both
major and famous and even personal impact the
characters and their relationships.
• Some examples of events that are shown throughout the
show are WW1 and the Spanish Influenza and even the
sinking of the titanic

6. • E4 is a British channel created by Channel 4.
• The e stands for entertainment and the demographic is
the 15-35
• Some American imports are regularly played on e4.
• The channels most successful periods was when the
Inbetweeners was aired
• E4 Remit
http://www.channel4.com/info/corporate/about/channel4s-remit

7. • Skins is a British TV drama that follows the lives of groups
of teenagers throughout their two years of 6th Form.
• The show was highly criticised for the features it explored.
These ranged from dysfunctional families, substance
abuse, mental illness and death an bullying.
• The show has received abuse and even people
petitioning to get it removed from TV. Contrary to this the
show has shown it was popular as it has claimed 7
awards.
• The average viewership of each episode was 1 million

8. • Channel 4 is a British TV channel which first broadcast on
the 2nd November 1982
• Channel 4 was created to add diversity and competition
for the other 3 channels which were available at the time.
(BBC 1 & 2 and ITV)
• Channel 4 remit
http://www.channel4.com/info/corporate/about/channel4s-remit

10. • BBC 3’s goal was to provide entertaining and innovative
content to the 16-34 age group.
• The channel has a unique broadcasting time to help them
meet this age groups demand for TV (19:00-05:00)
• They regularly broadcasts films, comedies and
documentaries.
• The Channels most popular shows are; Family Guy, Don’t
Tell The Bride and American Dad