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F a ll o u t ! ...

The Owners .. Organisations .. :) .. Fallout, is a feature-length as part of Channel 4's Disarming Britain series.

Fallout Set in London, stars Lennie James as Joe, a policeman returning to the estate he grew up on to investigate the murder of a black teenager.

Channel 4 !...

Channel 4 was first launched on 2nd November 1982. The organistaion that it is owned by is Channel 4 Television Corporation. The channel was originally founded in Wales.

Channel 4 is different to BBC And ITV as it focuses more on the mainstream side of programming rather than the society based culture. Channel 4 tends to show many American types of shows. The channel premiered shows such as Friends and ER.

Channel 4 follows the rules of the 2003 Communications Act

The Rules were as followed :

> demonstrates innovation, experiment and creativity in the form and content of programmes;

> appeals to the tastes and interests of a culturally diverse society

> makes a significant contribution to meeting the need for the licensed public service channels to include programmes of an educational nature and other programmes of educative value.

> exhibits a distinctive character

Channel 4 introduced their own personal channel called * Film4*

Film 4 Successfull Movies : ..

The Madness of King George

.. The Crying Game

.. Four Weddings And A Funeral

Developments ..

There have been many ways that channel 4 has kept up to date with the technology changes in the new media.

Firstly > Film4 has Film4 + 1. The reason for this is so that if people miss the beggining or the whole film, they can watch the film on film4+1 an hour later. This therfore gathers more audience as it allows them to have a choice to when they can watch something.

Also Channel 4 as a whole company has a organisation called * Channel 4 on Demand* .

Channel 4 on Demand, is the internet version of the company. The reason for this is that viewers can watch anything they have missed on television but instead online. This again gains more viwers as they able to explore the variety of media given to them, not only by television.

Channel 4 Finance ..
From the 31st December 2005, Channel 4's Total Revenue was £894.3 million .. £735.2 million of that money was focused on the channel itself, whereas the remainder of that money was upon * Film4* and *New Media* Such as Channel 4 On Demand.

F a ll o u t .

The film Fallout was part of Channel 4's Disarming Britain Campaign.

The Campaign Showed Channel 4 take an unflinching look at the increasing use of violence and weapons by young people on our nation's streets.

Facing up to some uncomfortable truths about gun and knife crime, the season explores the effect of this disturbing trend on offenders, victims and society at large.

The Disarming Britain season features a number of TV programmes, Films and special online features.

Fallout is a passionate and powerful reflection on race and law and order in the wake of the murders of Stephen Lawrence and Damilola Taylor.

Channel 4 also teamed up with a popular sharing web2.0 site called BEBO. The reason for this was so that young people could interact with the dangers in our society through the internet they have a popular link to.