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Third of the four major commercial television companies in the United Kingdom. Channel Four Television Corporation Channel Four headquarters,  124 Horseferry Road , London Formerly Channel Four Television Company Limited (1982–1993) Company type Statutory corporation Industry Mass media Founded 2 November 1982 ; 42 years ago Headquarters 124 Horseferry Road London, England, UK Area served United Kingdom Isle of Man Guernsey Jersey Ireland Key people Geoff Cooper (Chairman) Revenue £1,040 million (2024) £985 million (2019) Operating income £74 million (2020) −£26 million (2019) Net income £69 million (2020) −£25 million (2019) Total assets £943 million (2020) £805 million (2019) Total equity £452 million (2020) £385 million (2019) Owner UK Government Investments Number of employees 992 (2020) Parent Department for Culture, Media and Sport [ 1 ] Website www .channel4 .com Footnotes / references [ 2 ]

Yep, it's the Fleetwood Mac song "The Chain", later covered by Evanescence in late 2019.

The six being BBC One, ITV1, BBC Two, Sky Max, Channel 4 and 5. BBC One 1936-60: BBC Television Service 1960-64: BBC TV 1964-97: BBC1 1997-present: BBC One ITV1 1955-63: Independent Television 1963-2001: ITV 2001-13: ITV1 2013-22: ITV 2022-present: ITV1 BBC Two 1964-86: BBC2 1986-91: Two 1991-97: BBC2 1997-present: BBC Two Sky Max 1982-84: Satellite Television 1984-89: Sky Channel 1989-96: Sky One 1996-97: Sky 1 1997-2008: Sky One 2008-17: Sky 1 2017-21: Sky One 2021-present: Sky Max Channel 4 1982-present: Channel 4 5 1997-2002: Channel 5 2002-2011: Five 2011-2025: Channel 5 2025-present: 5

As in their own line of radio stations, following the acquisition of 51% of DAB radio station Oneword in October 2005 and launch of their radio station Channel 4 Radio in January 2007 but after winning the licence to operate the second national DAB radio multiplex in July 2007, they aborted plans after selling their stake of Oneword in December of the same year that led to its closure the following month and shutting down Channel 4 Radio on October 14, 2008, so here's eight of the proposed stations. E4 Radio Pure4 Talk Radio (not to be confused with Talksport's sister station, hence the logo in question is a generic logo) Closer (based on the magazine) Sky News Radio (spinoff to the Sky TV channel that would've been the expansion of the radio arm as well as LBC being rebranded under the name but LBC owner Global Radio pulled out due to financial reasons) Sunrise Radio UK (national version of the British Asian oriented London radio station, which eventually happened in 2016)...

Could you imagine them changing their logo to this? I wouldn't.

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.

First pic: BBC One (1936) Second pic: ITV1 (1955) Third pic: BBC Two (1964) Fourth pic: Sky Max (1982) Fifth pic: Channel 4 (1982) Sixth pic: Channel 5 (1997)