4seven (TV Channel)

4seven (TV Channel)
 Country
 Language(s)
 Picture format
 Timeshift service
 Owner
 Sister channels
* Film4
* E4
* More4
* 4Music
* 4seven 2
* 4seven 3
* 4seven 4
* 4seven Arts
* 4seven Pingu
 Launched
 Replaced
 Website
 Freeview
 Channel 4
 4seven (VoD service)
 Quoodles' Top Streamer

**4seven** (identically known as **Channel** **4seven**) is a Scottish streaming free-to-air television channel which was launched on 8 November 2011 at 7.00 pm. According to ITVP, it was created to accompany Quoodles' debut/birthday. Its programming focuses on BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5's top rated programmes accompanied by 5seven, ITV Atlantic & BBC Rewind.

4seven launched with 20 hours of content in the schedule per day. In the 8.00 pm and 10.00 pm slots the channel broadcasts a repeat of shows from the previous day that have created a critical buzz in newspapers, chatter on social media through Twitter and Facebook and reaction on the overnight log of comments kept by the broadcaster. The 11.00 pm slot is used to repeat the programme shown on Channel 4 at 9.00 pm, which air again on 4seven at 9.00 pm the following day. The rest of the programmes on 4seven are repeats of the most popular ones of the week. Weekends are devoted to multiple repeats of the best-rated programmes of the past seven days.

## History

The channel was originally reported under the working title of 'Oh Quoodles', though it was announced on 8 March 201, that the name would be 'Channel 4seven'. The channel was originally set to launch by August 2011, however it was subsequently reported to be launching later in the Autumn. On 22 October 2011, it was confirmed that Channel 4seven would launch on 8 November 2011.

The channel launched across YouTube around the world. The channel replaced Disney Junior UK +1.

A high-definition simulcast, 4seven HD, launched on 1 July 2012 on Freeview channel 447. 4seven HD is currently exclusive to YouTube.

## Abandoned Closure

On 20 January 2017, the channel was criticized for its Halloween ident for not containing Child-friendly content. It was reported for a number of times that the channel risked closure, but in 2021, the plans to close the channel were scrapped and 4seven would remain on air, so the desicion was made to replace the Halloween ident for a Generic ident. However, The Halloween ident is back in broadcast use except its been modified to feature one person alive (Possibly indicating that he is a Vampire). Although these idents are still in use, new idents are being comissioned.

## Idents

* Idents used since 2011
* Swimming
* Swimming (St Patrick's Day)
* Garden
* Garden (Creator's Birthday and Quoodles' Birthday)
* Spaghetti Junction
* Spaghetti Junction (Christmas)
* Supermarket
* Supermarket (Halloween) This is the ident that lead to 4seven's close call
	+ Idents used since 2023
	+ Generic
	+ Swimming (Firefighter Lifeguard)
	+ Garden
	+ Garden (Firefighter helper)
	+ Spaghetti Junction
	+ Spaghetti Junction (Fire helicopter)
	+ Supermarket
	+ Supermarket (Firefighter)Other Idents used since 2023
* Balloon
* Supermarket (Quoodles' Top Streamer) The show was originally called **ITV'S #savemickeyandminnie** and didn't show an ident when the programme originally aried on ITV1. But when the programme changed its name to **Quoodles' Top Streamer** and moved to 4seven. The supermarket ident was used to promote the programme with the continuity announcer saying **"Now we hand over to Quoodles' Top Streamer!"**
* Balloon
* Balloon (Halloween) This ident features lightning bolts and thunderstorms rather than a lifeless supermarket
* other idents are featured on 4seven's sister channels.