The websites used:
www.channel4.com
http://www.channel4.com/interact/?hpos=Interact
http://www.channel4.com/community/
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/games/index.html?intcmp=homepage_box2
http://www.e4.com/
http://www.channel4.com/film/?hpos=Film4
The Channel 4 website offers things for most age ranges – people from as young as 13 can watch programs such as T4 (only shown at weekends), and people as old as 60 can tune in to the news programmes such as Channel 4 News.
The Channel 4 website offers the audience an array of things to do – there are interactive services, where you can visit various forums for particular programmes such as Lost and Deal or No Deal. Within the forums, you can join up, and talk to other people who enjoy watching the same programme as you. Debates and issues are brought up in the forums regarding the programme, from which you can voice your own opinions.
The layout of the forums page is clear and easy to use – there are pictures showing different characters from different shows representing the different forums open to the public. From this, the audience are made more aware of different shows that are shown on Channel 4, which they may not have known were shown on that channel.
Under the interactive section of the site, there are also competitions which are open to the public, from which you complete a quiz about the hit sitcom Friends, in hope of winning a pair of hair straighteners – as you can see, this competition is aimed more at the female sector of their audiences, which is fine, as there are enough things on the website aimed specifically at men. For example, there is a Games section on the website aimed more at the male audiences. This colourful homepage markets online games, giving you links to play the games for free. The Games page also invites the audience to voice their own opinions – you can choose your top 5 4games (Channel 4’s very own games), from which Channel 4 will be able to see what games are hits and which are not. From this Channel 4 are able to see what improvements can be made to the games on their site.
As Channel 4 is a mainstream broadcaster, the website has links to related TV channels such as E4 and Film4 – from there you can find out more information on the regarding programmes shown on the specific channel. For example the Film4 website offers the audience the service of finding out cinemas nearest to them and also the chance to search through 15,000 film reviews.
This website successfully offers an interactive service for audiences of all ages – you are invited to use the site which is easy to navigate around, and is also provides information for you if you have a particular interest in a specific game or film.
http://www.channel4.com/interact/?hpos=Interact
http://www.channel4.com/community/
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/games/index.html?intcmp=homepage_box2
http://www.e4.com/
http://www.channel4.com/film/?hpos=Film4
The Channel 4 website offers things for most age ranges – people from as young as 13 can watch programs such as T4 (only shown at weekends), and people as old as 60 can tune in to the news programmes such as Channel 4 News.
The Channel 4 website offers the audience an array of things to do – there are interactive services, where you can visit various forums for particular programmes such as Lost and Deal or No Deal. Within the forums, you can join up, and talk to other people who enjoy watching the same programme as you. Debates and issues are brought up in the forums regarding the programme, from which you can voice your own opinions.
The layout of the forums page is clear and easy to use – there are pictures showing different characters from different shows representing the different forums open to the public. From this, the audience are made more aware of different shows that are shown on Channel 4, which they may not have known were shown on that channel.
Under the interactive section of the site, there are also competitions which are open to the public, from which you complete a quiz about the hit sitcom Friends, in hope of winning a pair of hair straighteners – as you can see, this competition is aimed more at the female sector of their audiences, which is fine, as there are enough things on the website aimed specifically at men. For example, there is a Games section on the website aimed more at the male audiences. This colourful homepage markets online games, giving you links to play the games for free. The Games page also invites the audience to voice their own opinions – you can choose your top 5 4games (Channel 4’s very own games), from which Channel 4 will be able to see what games are hits and which are not. From this Channel 4 are able to see what improvements can be made to the games on their site.
As Channel 4 is a mainstream broadcaster, the website has links to related TV channels such as E4 and Film4 – from there you can find out more information on the regarding programmes shown on the specific channel. For example the Film4 website offers the audience the service of finding out cinemas nearest to them and also the chance to search through 15,000 film reviews.
This website successfully offers an interactive service for audiences of all ages – you are invited to use the site which is easy to navigate around, and is also provides information for you if you have a particular interest in a specific game or film.
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