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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
- –
- Closest alternative
- Channel 5
Measured from Channel 4’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Channel 401 · 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.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 1 tool
A/B testing
Shows visitors different versions of the page to see which works better.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Channel 4
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Channel 4, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to Channel 4 match.
- 01
No access outside UK
British TV station
Very close - 02
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.
Very close - 03
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.
Very close - 04
TG4 | Teilifís Gaeilge
Irish-language television network
Very close - 05
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
Close - 06
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.
Close - 07
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.
Close - 08
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.
Close - 09
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。
Close - 10
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.
Close - 11
Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro
Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro
Close - 12
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.
Close - 13
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.
Close - 14
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
Very close - 15
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.
Close - 16
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.
Close - 17
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
Close - 18
MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.
The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.
Close - 19
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.
Very close - 20
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.
Very close
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
What changed
Price and policy 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.
similarity × popularity
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- A/B testing
- Optimizely page source: cdn.optimizely.com/js/
- Security
- Akamai Bot Manager cookie bm_sz
- CDN
- Akamai header x-akamai-transformed: 9 3544 0 pmb=mRUM,2
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 ip4:52.16.14.52 ip4:195.140.184.0/22 ip4:91.192.40.0/22 includ…
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms29366648
- Mimecast MX eu-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 ip4:52.16.14.52 ip4:195.140.184.0/22 ip4:91.192.40.0/22 includ…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-614.awsdns-12.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=74fv47FmtsFTQKexq3E3Aoc9wzfloilWotg0sGO9zHM
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=aoj6xe4ia6zv9pa60oyg0gb8b09qn9
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_Y2dFAf9XSvKUg2ORTS2gbA
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 17/20
- Apple Business · not on channel4.com 10/20
- Atlassian · not on channel4.com 9/20
- Adobe · not on channel4.com 8/20
- DocuSign · not on channel4.com 6/20
- GlobalSign · not on channel4.com 6/20
- Meta Business Suite 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 6/20
- Akamai Edge DNS · not on channel4.com 5/20
- Next.js · not on channel4.com 5/20
- React · not on channel4.com 5/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on channel4.com 4/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on channel4.com 4/20
- OneTrust · not on channel4.com 3/20
- Dropbox · not on channel4.com 3/20