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Channel 4

Who runs Channel 4, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest broadcast video streaming alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
Channel 5

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Channel 4

Channel 4 channel4.com

Watch your favourite shows online, from Channel 4, E4 and Walter Presents

Wikidata: British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Channel 4 tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

6 of the 15 alternatives below have fewer, 5 have more.

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03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Channel 4

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Channel 4, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than Channel 4No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to Channel 4 match.

  1. 01
    Channel 5 channel5.com English No trackers

    No access outside UK

    British TV station

    Compare Channel 5 with Channel 4 →
  2. 02
    BBC bbc.co.uk Top 1K English 1 tracker

    BBC - Home

    The best of the BBC, with the latest news and sport headlines, weather, TV & radio highlights and much more from across the whole of BBC Online.

    Compare BBC with Channel 4 →
  3. 03
    U uktvplay.co.uk English 1 tracker

    U - Watch FREE On Demand | Drama | Comedy | Entertainment

    U is the on demand home of U&Dave, U&Drama, U&W & U&Yesterday. Stream thousands of hours of the best comedy, drama, entertainment & documentaries for free.

    Compare U with Channel 4 →
  4. 04
    TG4 tg4.ie English No trackers

    TG4 | Teilifís Gaeilge

    Irish-language television network

    Compare TG4 with Channel 4 →
  5. 05
    France 24 france24.com Top 10K English No trackers

    France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines

    Breaking news and world news from France 24 on Business, Sports, Culture. Video news. News from the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, America

    Compare France 24 with Channel 4 →
  6. 06
    CBS cbs.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    CBS TV Network Primetime, Daytime, Late Night and Classic Television Shows

    Watch CBS television online. Find CBS primetime, daytime, late night, and classic tv episodes, videos, and information.

    Compare CBS with Channel 4 →
  7. 07
    NBC nbc.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    NBC TV Network - Shows, Episodes, Schedule

    Watch full episodes of current and classic NBC shows online. Plus find clips, previews, photos and exclusive online features on NBC.com.

    Compare NBC with Channel 4 →
  8. 08
    Raidió Teilifís Éireann rte.ie Top 10K English 3 trackers

    RTÉ Ireland's National Television and Radio Broadcaster

    RTÉ news brings you the latest Irish news, world news, international news and up to the minute reports on breaking Irish news stories and news from around the world. Watch and listen to Irish news stories on our video and audio streams.

    Compare Raidió Teilifís Éireann with Channel 4 →
  9. 09
    China Central Television cctv.com Top 10K English No trackers

    央视网_世界就在眼前

    央视网(www.cctv.com)由中央广播电视总台主办,是以视频为特色的中央重点新闻网站,是央视的融合传播平台,是拥有全牌照业务资质的大型互联网文化企业。秉承“融合创新、一体发展”的理念,以新闻为龙头,以视频为重点,以用户为中心,建成“一网一端多平台多渠道”融媒体传播体系。

    Compare China Central Television with Channel 4 →
  10. 10
    CGTN cgtn.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    CGTN | Breaking News, China News, World News and Video

    Get the news as it breaks and go behind the day's top stories, from politics, business, culture and sports to nature, travel and technology. CGTN delivers a Chinese perspective on global news through innovative use of the latest media tools.

    Compare CGTN with Channel 4 →
  11. 11
    Metro metro.co.uk Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro

    Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro

    Compare Metro with Channel 4 →
  12. 12
    Collider collider.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider

    Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.

    Compare Collider with Channel 4 →
  13. 13
    AMC amc.com English 1 tracker

    AMC | Watch TV Shows & Movies Online | Stream Current Episodes

    Watch the latest full episodes and video extras for AMC shows: The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Killing Eve, Fear the Walking Dead, Mad Men and more.

    Compare AMC with Channel 4 →
  14. 14
    Tubi tubitv.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. We are not available in Europe due to changes in EU laws.

    American streaming video service

    Compare Tubi with Channel 4 →
  15. 15
    CNBC cnbc.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    International Business, World News & Global Stock Market Analysis

    CNBC International is the world leader for news on business, technology, China, trade, oil prices, the Middle East and markets.

    Compare CNBC with Channel 4 →
  16. 16
    RFI rfi.fr Top 10K English No trackers

    RFI - All the news from France, Europe, Africa and the rest of the world.

    Follow any political information, cultural, sporting and live streaming on RFI. The latest information, news and events around the world.

    Compare RFI with Channel 4 →
  17. 17
    Ninemsn nine.com.au Top 10K English 1 tracker

    nine.com.au -- the new ninemsn - News, Sport, TV, Entertainment, Lifestyle | Latest Breaking News Headlines from Australia and the world

    Meet the new nine.com.au. Get the latest news, sport, TV, travel, fashion, fitness, recipes, celebrity news and exclusive content, all for free at nine.com.au, the home of Nine

    Compare Ninemsn with Channel 4 →
  18. 18
    MovieWeb movieweb.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.

    The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.

    Compare MovieWeb with Channel 4 →
  19. 19
    Pluto TV pluto.tv Top 10K English No trackers

    Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies, TV Shows & Live TV Online

    Watch your choice of free hit movies, free binge-worthy TV shows & live TV online, anytime. Stream Now. Pay Never.

    Compare Pluto TV with Channel 4 →
  20. 20
    Fox Broadcasting Company fox.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Stream Live News, Sports, TV Shows & Entertainment | FOX One

    Live TV streaming service for sports, news and entertainment. Watch FOX live, stream TV shows on demand, and more. Start your 3-day free trial.

    Compare Fox Broadcasting Company with Channel 4 →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Channel 4’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Channel 4 uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Channel 4 adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 11 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,212
Vector
384-d
Query
32 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Channel 4’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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