Assignment 6
- 1. ASSIGNMENT 6: TV CHANNEL RESEARCH PamelaYounes
- 2. TV channels I will research Channel 4 Channel 5 ITV
- 4. All about Channel 4 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4 Channel 4 Information Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which 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 channel was established to provide a fourth television service to the United Kingdom in addition to the television licence-funded BBC's two services and the single commercial broadcasting network, ITV. With the conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter group inWales to digital on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became an entirely UK-wideTV channel for the first time. Channel 4 for many years had a poorer quality signal compared to other channels
- 5. Sister Channel 4 seven Film 4 E4 Heat 4 music More 4 Karrang Kiss Magic Smash Hits The box Channel 4+1 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4
- 6. Most popular TV shows on channel 4 TV Shows Why are they popular? HollyOaks Set out for different target audience such as different cultures Simpson Contrivers religion, and it has been onTV for many years Deal or no Deal Entertaining, its aimed at mothers The big bang theory ItAmerican so everyone knows it therefore many people have heard of it, and it’s a comedy Everybody loves Raymond Because it’s a comedy, its in the morning so before everyone goes to school or work
- 7. Different Target Audience depending on the TV show TV Shows Wh0 are their target audience? HollyOaks Many target audience such as teenagers as its based on different cultures Simpson Mostly children, as it’s a cartoon, and Catholics as it talks a lot about religion Deal or no Deal Women, from 30-50 The big bang theory Teenagers, can be from many different cultures Everybody loves Raymond Older people such 40+, also people who would be retired.
- 8. The documentaries that are in this channel The Plane Crash Thursday 11 October – 9pm The audience can be people who travel a lot, or even work in an aircraft My Fried Chicken shop Monday 23 september – 9pm The audience can be people who eat fried chicken or people that have a chicken shop or people who are healthy Terror in the skies Saturday 21 september – 12:40am The audience would be people who would fly the plane or normally travel. Source: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/
- 10. All about channel 5 Channel 4 Information Channel 5 is a television network that broadcasts in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1997 it was the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue network to launch, after BBC One, ITV, BBCTwo and Channel 4 Richard Desmond, announced plans to invest more money in programming and return to the name Channel 5 with immediate effect, prior to an official re-launch on 14 February 2011 which was also applied to 5 News. Channel 5 is a general entertainment channel, with internally commissioned shows such asThe Gadget Show, Fifth Gear and Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)
- 12. Most Popular TV shows on Channel 5 TV Shows Why are they popular? Big Brother Its mostly aimed at teens and teens normally watch tv, and it’s a comedy/real life issues Home and Away Because it has many cultures, and its aimed at many people Teleshopping Its been there for years, so its well known there fore a lot of people watch it Neighbours Its comedy Milkshake Aimed at children, and it starts in the morning when all the children wake up Source: http://www.channel5.com/
- 13. Different Target Audience depending on the TV show TV Shows Who are there target audience? Big Brother Mainly teenagers, as the people who are involved in it are teenagers Home and Away Aimed at everyone, as it has different cultures, and different age groups acting in it Teleshopping Mostly the elderly who still remember teleshopping Neighbours Aimed at the 30’s both gender Milkshake Infants, from 1 years old to 7 Source: http://www.channel5.com/
- 14. The documentaries that are in this channel Source: http://www.channel5.com/demand5?genre=documentary The Man who ate himself to death Thursday 29 August – The audience can be Dr’s who are doing similar to this documentary, people who have health problems Worlds most pampered pets Monday 26 August The audience might be people who have a pet or might buy one, or people who work in these salons Animal Maternity Wednesday 18 September The audience would be people who look after pets, or like pets, or have one, or people who work/train pets
- 16. All about ITV ITV Information Launched in 1955 as IndependentTelevision under the auspices of the Independent TelevisionAuthority its legal name has been Channel 3, the number 3 having no real meaning other than to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time, namely BBC 1, BBC 2 and Channel 4 Having previously been a collective name for a network of separate regional television channels, it is now the brand name of the ITV Network operating in England However in line with other terrestrial channels, ITV's audience share has fallen in the era of multi-channel television Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_(TV_channel)
- 17. Sister Channels Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_(TV_channel) ITV HD ITV2 ITV2 HD ITV4 ITV3 HD ITV3 ITV4 HD CITV
- 18. Most popular TV shows on ITV TV Shows Why are they popular? X-Factor It entertains people, and many people from different ages are part of the X-Factor Britain’sGotTalent It also entertains peoples, famous people are part of it such as the judges and would like to watch them Coronation Street These 2 are similar as it aims on diferent cultures has different aged groups therefore the audience would be bigger, and it has been onTV for many years so its well known Downtown Abbey The Jeremy Kyle Show Some people find this funny and would like to entertain themselves, or people would want to know about real life problems Source: http://www.itv.com/tvshows/
- 19. Different Target Audience depending on the TV show Source: http://www.itv.com/tvshows/ TV Shows Who are thereTarget audience? X-Factor The X-Factor and Britain’s got talent would be similar TV shows, 14-50 years old, this is the case because people from different age groups perform in the x- factor and Britain's got talent would even take part e.g. the judges Britain’sGotTalent Coronation Street These twoTV shows wold also be similar, would be 13-65, old people would also watch this as there are elderly In theTV shows and its also entertainment Downtown Abbey The Jeremy Kyle Show People who have relationship problems, they can sort there relationship out y taking advice from this show, or even mostly teenagers – 30 years old
- 20. The documentaries that are in this channel Good bye granddad Monday 10 June 2013 – 8:30 pm Are children who have/don’t have a Granddad. Can learn rom it to see how people really feel about this The art of royalty Friday 29 March 2013 People who love to draw, or thinking to take it as a career to see how other draw and what they are doing with their life. Who killed my dad? Thursday 21 march 2013 – 10:35p People who have lost a dad recently to see how other people react to this, or people who are also stuck in tis situation Source: http://www.itv.com/presscentre/tags/documentary
- 21. Comparing all three channels Channel 4 Channel 4 has more sister channel than channel 5 Has a wider variety of programs, this is because of the amount of sister channel there is Channel 4 has enough money to make there own app to download on smartphones or iPad Channel 5 Channel 5 doesn’t have that much sister channels, only has 2 compared to channel 4 and ITV Has a limited amount of programmes not that many Channel 5 also has there own app to downloads ITV ITV has more sister channel than channel 5 but not as much as channel 4 Has a wider ranger range ofTV shows Also has there own app to download
- 22. Comparing the different types of Documentaries shown in each Channel Channel 4 Channel 4 has a variety of documentaries, nothing in particular Channel5 There documentary is mainly on pets, such as world pampered pets etc. ITV has a lot of loss in it, such as who killed my dad? Or even good bye granddad