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C4 to launch programmes on demand | |
(about 6 hours later) | |
Channel 4 is launching an on-demand service that lets viewers catch up with their favourite programmes online. | |
Viewers will be able to download most of the channel's current schedule for up to 30 days after transmission or choose programmes from its archives. | |
Charges for the 4 on Demand service start at 99p per show, with monthly subscriptions planned for the new year. | |
Channel 4 said it was the first major broadcaster in the world to offer all its home-grown programming on demand. | |
The service will be available on cable TV and computers, onto which viewers can download all Channel 4 programmes made in this country plus a few imported shows, such as Desperate Housewives. | |
Personalised library | Personalised library |
Downloading can take up to one-and-a-half times the length of the programme. | Downloading can take up to one-and-a-half times the length of the programme. |
But Channel 4 says in time, on demand services will change the way people watch television. | |
The agreement covers all home-grown shows commissioned since June. | The agreement covers all home-grown shows commissioned since June. |
Each programme will "disappear" from users' computers 48 hours after they start to watch. | |
It will be kept in a personalised library until it is first viewed and then can be accessed an unlimited number of times during that two-day period. | |
Channel 4 said it had signed contracts with almost 100 independent production companies, including Endemol, which makes Big Brother, and would also offer selected films under the same terms for £1.99. |