RESEARCH OF THE CHANNELS E4,AMC & BBC3

E4

The target audience for the majority of shows shown on E4 are for the teenage and young adult demographic. Mainly because the TV shows shown on E4 tend to be comedy and drama hybrids a long with soaps targeted for the younger demographic.

E4 Is owned by channel 4 and is a channel mainly for popular TV Shows, such as Hollyoaks and The Big Bang Theory.

The type of shows E4 airs are sitcoms, Horror/Sci-Fi dramas, reality TV and TV soaps.

The actors used on E4 tends to be young and fresh faced, they’re often not seen on many other TV shows and almost always tend to be British.

AMC

The target audience for AMC tends to be of the younger demographic aged between 16 -25. TV shows on AMC are aimed to such a young age as they contain a lot of gore and violence along with things such a substance abuse, aspect of these shows can be seen as offensive to crude to the older generation

AMC is owned by AMC networks a new york based company

The types of programs shown on AMC tend to be advertised more for males as they tend to be sci-fi and horror with a lot of action and violence. Theses TV shows include The Walking dead and Breaking bad.

The characters used within AMC’s TV shows are strong and dominant and have a brave aspect to themselves

BBC 3

The target audience to BBC 3 tend to be aged between 16 and 24 as the TV shows they air are crude and are more for the younger generation. BBC 3 is for the younger generation because the shows they air are often offensive comedy such as family guy and American dad

The BBC own BBC 3 and although they’re trying to cut it out due to funding it’s still going strong.

The types of programs shown on BBC 3 tend to be comedies and/or Dramas although it does show a couple documentary's on debateable topics. TV shows such as in the flesh and life of death row.

The actors tend to be popular or just starting out they’re often from the north of England and have a good sense of humour and whit about them.