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'''Channel 4''', founded by Act of Parliament in 1982, is the [[United Kingdom]]'s commercially funded public service [[television]] broadcaster. The channel was initially created as a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) under the Broadcasting Act 1981, and was transferred to a new company called the Channel Four Television Corporation in 1990. The corporation also has offshoot channels such as Film4 (which commissions its own high quality films) E4 and More4.
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'''Channel 4''', founded by Act of Parliament in 1982, is the [[United Kingdom]]'s commercially-funded public service [[television]] broadcaster. The channel was initially created as a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) under the Broadcasting Act 1981, and was transferred in 1990 to a new company called the Channel Four Television Corporation, a division of the British government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, thus making Channel 4 a state-owned network much like the [[BBC]]. The corporation also has offshoot channels such as Film4 (which commissions its own high quality films) E4 and More4.
    
Just like the [[BBC]]'s news division, Channel 4 News also has a [[liberal bias]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/11182582/Rather-Jon-Snows-explicit-bias-than-the-BBCs-version.html Rather Jon Snow’s explicit bias than the BBC’s version], [[The Daily Telegraph]], October 24, 2014</ref>
 
Just like the [[BBC]]'s news division, Channel 4 News also has a [[liberal bias]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/11182582/Rather-Jon-Snows-explicit-bias-than-the-BBCs-version.html Rather Jon Snow’s explicit bias than the BBC’s version], [[The Daily Telegraph]], October 24, 2014</ref>
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