Channel 4 Learning is an education company based in

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. The company markets education resources, games and activities to primary and secondary schools across the United Kingdom. It is wholly owned by Espresso Group Ltd.

History

Channel 4 Learning, originally part of

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, was created to produce support materials that motivate and inspire learners aged 4–19 while empowering teachers to create engaging lessons. Primary resources cover

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, Key Stage 1 and

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. Secondary resources cover

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and

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. In October 2007, Channel 4 launched Learning Clipbank, an online service specifically for

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in the UK, providing video clips across 16 subject areas with tools to assist teachers and students in using the content. While most of the video was originally sourced from Channel 4 television programmes, it has since been supplemented with content from

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and

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. Channel 4 Learning also has an International division that license and distributes the rights to over 320 hours of educational programming, commissioned by Channel 4, into more than 40 countries worldwide. After the re-structuring of Channel 4 in 1993, ITV's obligations to provide educational programming on Channel 4's airtime passed to Channel 4 itself, and the new service became Channel 4 Schools, with the new corporation administering the service and commissioning its programmes, some still from ITV, others from independent production.schoolsTV.com
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on 16 Feb 2008 In 2000, the service was renamed

4Learning Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...

and in April 2007, the commercial arm and rights exploitation of its programmes and support materials was sold to Espresso Education and renamed Channel 4 Learning.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://channel4learning.com British companies established in 2007 Channel 4 Educational broadcasting in the United Kingdom Education companies of the United Kingdom