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The only British film channel to be owned by the Big Five outside of Sky

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It's none other than Channel 4's Film4. The channel was launched in November 1998 as a pay-TV channel before becoming free-to-view in 2006. It's also the name of the channel's namesake production company which was founded in 1982 as Film on Four.

August is common the launch month of these two TV channels from the Eighties

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MTV, which launched as MTV - Music Television on August 1, 1981. And Much, which launched as Muchmusic on August 31, 1984.