4a. Discuss in detail how and why one
comedy programme was scheduled on one or more channels?
I studied the Inbetweeners and the
channel that it was broadcasted from was E4. The channel E4, the ‘E’ stands for
entertainment, the age group that it is targeted at is 15-35 and its a pay for
view channel and has had 3.7 million viewers. On 16 December 2004, Channel 4
announced that the subscription channel would return to digital terrestrial
television. The programme is aimed at A male audience aged 18 upwards. It uses a
lot of crude humour and its the most watched TV programme watched on E4. The channels brand identity is the entertainment
destination for a cutting edge young audience Its eccentric and witty persona
and strong branding make it a massive talking point. The days that the
programme was transmitted on was a Tuesday night at 11pm as it isn’t suitable
before the water shed point as the audience that it’s suitable 18 plus. This
time slot would attract the audience as people aged 18 plus would tend to be up
by that time. This channel is not part of the public service broadcasting as
it’s a channel that you have to pay for. The channels ethos is that is a British public-service
television broadcaster which began transmission on 2 November 1982. The reason
the inbetweeners was showed once a week as the episodes were new, but now they
are showed mutable times as this cheaper for the channel as they are past
episodes.
