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Originally Posted by MovedGoalPosts
E4 was always supposed by Channel 4 to be a free to view type channel, much like BBCs digital TV offerrings, and indeed many other channels. Why then for these non subscripriont channels were they ever not in the base pack?
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E4 was never a free channel. When it was launched on OnDigital you had to pay extra than the base package to receive it. It was intended to be like Sky1, airing shows before they were seen on analogue terrestrial TV and that was its main incentive to pay for it. The fact that you now only have to wait a day to see Friends on Channel 4 and that E4 is used for BB:live like BBC3 and ITV2 is a more recent trend that lowers the channel's value. It probably should now be a free channel like BBC3 and ITV2 but AFAIK only NTL offer it in their base pack (you still have to pay extra on Sky and terrestrial digital).