Channel Four Television Corp
Other Business Names:
- Isaacs, Jeremy
- Independent Television Authority
- ITV
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Camden, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Recreation activities
Television & radio broadcasting
Notes:
Traces origins to 1982 when commenced broadcasting as the fourth major UK television channel. Its founding chief executive, 1981-87, was Jeremy Isaacs. Originally a subsidiary of the Independent Television Authority (ITV), it was transferred in 1993 to another publicly owned body, Channel Four Television Corp, established in 1990. Continues 2015, based in London's Camden Town
Publications:
- 25 X 4. Channel 4 at 25 by Boycott, Rosie, & Meredith Etherington-Smith (eds)
- Channel 4. The early years and the Jeremy Isaacs legacy by Hobson, Dorothy
- Channel Four Headquarters, London by Sudjic, Deyan
- Independent Television in Britain. Vol 6. New developments in independent television, 1981-92. Channel 4, TV am, cable and satellite by Bonner, Paul, with Lesley Aston
- It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time by Grade, Michael
- Licence To Be Different. The story of Channel Four by Brown, Maggie
- Look Me in the Eye. A life in television by Isaacs, Jeremy
- Storm Over 4. A personal account by Isaacs, Jeremy
- The Making of Channel Four by Catterall, Peter (ed)
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Isaacs, Jeremy
- Independent Television Authority
- ITV
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Camden, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Recreation activities Television & radio broadcasting
Notes:
Traces origins to 1982 when commenced broadcasting as the fourth major UK television channel. Its founding chief executive, 1981-87, was Jeremy Isaacs. Originally a subsidiary of the Independent Television Authority (ITV), it was transferred in 1993 to another publicly owned body, Channel Four Television Corp, established in 1990. Continues 2015, based in London's Camden TownPublications:
- 25 X 4. Channel 4 at 25 by Boycott, Rosie, & Meredith Etherington-Smith (eds)
- Channel 4. The early years and the Jeremy Isaacs legacy by Hobson, Dorothy
- Channel Four Headquarters, London by Sudjic, Deyan
- Independent Television in Britain. Vol 6. New developments in independent television, 1981-92. Channel 4, TV am, cable and satellite by Bonner, Paul, with Lesley Aston
- It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time by Grade, Michael
- Licence To Be Different. The story of Channel Four by Brown, Maggie
- Look Me in the Eye. A life in television by Isaacs, Jeremy
- Storm Over 4. A personal account by Isaacs, Jeremy
- The Making of Channel Four by Catterall, Peter (ed)