Channel 4 (Friday Night Dinner)
Channel 4 was established with, and continues to hold, a
remit of public service obligations which it must fulfil. The remit changes
periodically, as dictated by various broadcasting and communications acts, and
is regulated by the various authorities Channel 4 has been answerable to;
originally the IBA, then the ITC and now Ofcom.
The preamble of the remit as per the Communications Act 2003
states that:
"The public service remit for Channel 4 is the
provision of a broad range of high quality and diverse programming which, in
particular: demonstrates innovation, experiment and creativity in the
form and content of programmes; appeals to the tastes and interests of a culturally diverse
society;
makes a significant contribution to meeting the need for the
licensed public service channels to include programmes of an educational nature
and other programmes of educative value; and
exhibits a distinctive character."[5][15]
The remit also involves an obligation to provide programming
for schools,[16] and a substantial amount of programming produced outside of
Greater London.[17]
BBC3 (Bad Education)
BBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting
via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's
target audience includes those in the 16–34-year-old age group, and has the
purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences,
focusing on new talent and new technologies.[1] The channel is on-air from 7 pm
to around 4 am each night,[1] to share terrestrial television bandwidth with
CBBC.
