BBC Four Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
| BBC Four | |
|---|---|
| Replaced: | BBC Knowledge |
| Launched: | 2nd March 2002 |
| Audience Share (Aug 2004[1]): | 0.2% |
| Owned By: | BBC |
| Web Address: | www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial Analogue: | Not Available |
| Terrestrial Digital: | Freeview Channel 10 |
| Satellite: | Sky Digital Channel 116 |
| Cable: | NTL Channel 127 Telewest Channel 107 |
History
BBC Four is the successor to an earlier digital channel called BBC Knowledge. It began broadcasting on March 2 2002 in a simulcast with BBC TWO.
Programming
The channel broadcasts a mixture of art and science-related documentaries, archive drama (including many rare black and white programmes), and non-English language films.
On weekdays the channel shows a 30 minute global news programme called The World, simulcast with and produced by BBC World.
Broadcast method
On the digital terrestrial platform (aka Freeview) BBC Four is broadcast in a statistically multiplexed 10 Megabit stream in Multiplex 1 that shares its bandwidth with the CBeebies channel.