Film4

TV Production

*A channel linked with channel 4
*On freeview
*Adverts with the film
*Tend to show older films (1-2 years old)
*Theres another area -Virgin Active, Sky movies (Show more recent films but you have to PAY), Cinema (pay)
*Themed weeks

*Successful production company
*Quite powerful financely
*Big

Film 4 Info

*Established -1st November 1998
*Film4's channel 4 budget - £15 million
*Tessa Ross (woman) is the controller of film4 & channel 4's drama
*MIKE LEIGH = A Director
*British Production Company -finances British films
*1982-1998 it was known as Channel 4 Film
*Part of channel 4's remit was to experiment and innovate and cate for audiences not addressed by other channels.
*They fund around 20 films per year
*A number of films are by first time feature screenwriters or directors
*They look for distinctive films which will make their mark in a competetive cinema market
*Television premieres on filmfou channel

DAVID ROSE, commissioning editor quotes "a preference for contempory & social political topics."

5 new features from Film4
-Submarine
-Four Lions
-End of the Year
-Nowhere Boy
-Let me in

*Partnered with filmflex
*The IPTV joint venture between Sony & Disney, to launch a new online video on-demand service for film4 which will be called Film4OD
--It will supply a selection of films to rent online - (some avaliable on the same day as DVD release)
--500 films available at launch
--Avaliable to rent from between 50p to £3.99