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lllm 4 ls a free Lelevlslon channel ln Lhe uk and 8epubllc of lreland and ls
owned by Channel 4 whlch became Lhe fourLh channel
you could geL on 1v ln 1982
1he conLroller of lllm 4 ls a woman called 1essa 8oss
who Look over Channel 4 and lllm 4 ln 2006 when Lhe
channel wenL free Lo everyone 1he change of
households wenL from 30000 who were Lhe people LhaL
had subscrlbed Lo a masslve 18 mllllon households
1essa orlglnally dld noL focus on broadcasLlng
8lockbusLer movles buL does nowadays broadcasL many malnsLream
Pollywood fllms
lllm 4 also produces fllms Lhrough lllm 4 roducLlon and many of Lhese have
a seL speclflc audlence 8rlLlsh acLors and only a few dlfferenL dlrecLors seem Lo
be used durlng Lhe fllm for maklng Lhese dlrecLors belng uanny 8oyle SLeve
McCueen Chrls Morrls eLer Mullan and one or Lwo more
8udgeL wlse lllm 4 have always had a very low budgeL buL made some very
successful movles 1he maln ones belng 'LasL ls LasL' '1hls ls Lngland' '127
Pours' and 'Slumdog Mllllonalre' 1he budgeL up unLll 2011 was only a very
small 73 mllllon per year buL Lhls year lllm 4's budgeL doubled Lo 13
mllllon whlch ls sLlll very low lf Lhey wanL Lo make blg successful movles 1hey
use Lhere Lhelr money wlsely ln uslng a sLudlo called Warp x whlch would
only Lake a small amounL of Lhelr budgeL Powever Lhere successful fllms are
always llnked up wlLh blgger producLlon companles such as Lhe blg hlL
Slumdog Mllllonalre had coproducLlon wlLh aLhe lox SearchllghL lcLures
PandMade fllms lnLernaLlonal and Warner 8roLhers lcLures
lllm 4 had some serlous flnanclal worrles ln 2002 and when Lhelr broadcasLlng
company wenL lnLo admlnlsLraLlon Powever lllm 4 came ouL and quoLed LhaL
Lhey were commlLLed Lo carrylng on maklng fllms and wlll Lry Lo brlng new
LalenL Lo Lhe fllm lndusLry
lllm 4 won 3 Cscars ln 4 years and ln 2009 Slumdog Mllllonalre won many
Cscars for lllm 4 and Lhere coproducLlon companles Lhese Cscars lncluded
O 8esL MoLlon lcLure of Lhe ?ear
O 8esL AchlevemenL ln ulrecLlng (uanny 8oyle)
O 8esL AchlevemenL ln LdlLlng
1hey also won 3 8Al1As ln 2007
ln SepLember of Lhls year lllm for released lllm 40 and Anna Plggs was
appolnLed lnLo Lhe company 1helr alm of lllm 40 was Lo flnd new LalenLs and
dlscover a new way of maklng markeLlng and dlsLrlbuLlng fllms and engaglng
new audlences onllne ln a mulLlplaLform envlronmenL Powever lL has also
been announced LhaL Lhe 13 mllllon budgeL ls whaL Lhey wlll be geLLlng each
year unLll 2016