Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Channel 4
The 20 closest broadcast video streaming alternatives to Channel 4, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Channel 4? The closest matches are Pluto TV, Tubi and BBC. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About Channel 4
Channel 4 channel4.com
Channel 4 | Stream & Watch Live TV
Watch your favourite shows online, from Channel 4, E4 and Walter Presents
Wikidata: British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation
Summary by Claude
Website of the British public broadcaster Channel 4, offering on-demand streaming and live TV of programmes from Channel 4, E4, More4 and the Walter Presents foreign drama collection.
- Who it’s for
- UK television viewers
- Business model
- Advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Channel 4’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Channel 4
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Channel 4, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies, TV Shows & Live TV Online
Watch your choice of free hit movies, free binge-worthy TV shows & live TV online, anytime. Stream Now. Pay Never.
Very close cos 0.899 - 02
Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. We are not available in Europe due to changes in EU laws.
American streaming video service
Very close cos 0.895 - 03
BBC - Home
The best of the BBC, with the latest news and sport headlines, weather, TV & radio highlights and much more from across the whole of BBC Online.
Close cos 0.893 - 04
Latest breaking news available as free video on demand | Euronews
Latest breaking news available as free video on demand. Stay informed on European and world news about economy, politics, diplomacy… with Euronews.
Close cos 0.888 - 05
British online video on demand service
Close cos 0.884 - 06
MTV Germany | Homepage
MTV bringt seinen Zuschauern die besten Lifestyle-Serien, Reality-Wettbewerbe und Live-Veranstaltungen.
Close cos 0.886 - 07
Programme TV par Télé-Loisirs, TNT, box télé et satellite ce soir
Consultez votre programme TV de ce soir et retrouvez l'actualité des émissions télé et séries Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus et MyCanal.
Close cos 0.887 - 08
ARD Mediathek: Filme, Serien und Dokus online anschauen
Alle Inhalte der ARD Mediathek im Überblick: Livestreams, Nachrichten, Filme, Serien und spannende Dokus. Hier anschauen!
Close cos 0.885 - 09
RainberryTV
With 20 live channels and over 100 on demand content partners, RainberryTV offers viewers an exciting viewing experience published around the world. Our content spans entertainment news, new music discovery, world news, sports, movie trailers, gaming, viral videos, and more. Our user base of over 65 million is one of the largest for any streaming video platform. Whether you’re looking to tune in and find out what’s happening, or just relaxing and want to enjoy some fun video content, RainberryTV delivers. You won’t find passwords, subscriptions, payments needed to use our service, and it’s fre
Close cos 0.884 - 10
Prime Video | Watch movies, TV shows, Live TV, and sports
Watch now on Prime Video for a wide selection of movies, TV shows, live TV, and sports.
Close cos 0.885 - 11
Noticias de última hora, programas y series de televisión - RTVE.es
Noticias, deportes, actualidad, álbumes, series y programas, y la última hora de España y el mundo.
Close cos 0.884 - 12
France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines
Breaking news and world news from France 24 on Business, Sports, Culture. Video news. News from the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, America
Close cos 0.884 - 13
Japanese broadcasting company
Close cos 0.880 - 14
Sony LIV - Watch Indian TV Shows, Movies, Sports, Live Cricket Matches, Web Originals
Sony LIV - Top premium streaming platform where you can watch popular TV Shows, Movies, Sports, Web Series. Enjoy your favourite Live TV Channels online
Close cos 0.882 - 15
Twitch
Twitch is an interactive livestreaming service for content spanning gaming, entertainment, sports, music, and more.
Close cos 0.881 - 16
Error Page
American streaming internet television service
Close cos 0.879 - 17
Paramount+ Deutschland | Filme & TV-Serien online anschauen
Schau dir beliebte Filme, neue Originals und deine Lieblingsserien mit Paramount+ an. Starte das Streaming auf jedem Gerät!
Close cos 0.881 - 18
TBS | 404 NotFound
TV station in Kantō region, wholly owned by TBS
Close cos 0.879 - 19
Garten, DIY, Einrichtung und Bauprojekte | Kostenlos sehen | HGTV
Bei HOME & GARDEN TV findest du alle Themen rund um Haus & Garten🗸: Ob du Design🗸 liebst, neue Rezepte suchst oder DIY-Ideen🗸 brauchst – HGTV ist dein neuer Lieblings-Lifestyle-Sender! 🗸Alle Infos auf HGTV.com
Close cos 0.877 - 20
Discover TV, Broadband & Mobile Phone Packages with Sky
Discover Sky packages for TV, broadband & mobile including Glass - the new streaming TV with Sky Inside. Login to manage your My Sky account & more.
Close cos 0.877
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to channel4.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Channel 4 uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Channel 4 is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- A/B testing
- Optimizely page source: cdn.optimizely.com/js/
- Security
- Akamai Bot Manager cookie bm_sz
- CDN
- Akamai header x-akamai-transformed: 9 3544 0 pmb=mRUM,2
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 ip4:52.16.14.52 ip4:195.140.184.0/22 ip4:91.192.40.0/22 includ…
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms29366648
- Mimecast MX eu-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 ip4:52.16.14.52 ip4:195.140.184.0/22 ip4:91.192.40.0/22 includ…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-614.awsdns-12.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=74fv47FmtsFTQKexq3E3Aoc9wzfloilWotg0sGO9zHM
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=aoj6xe4ia6zv9pa60oyg0gb8b09qn9
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_Y2dFAf9XSvKUg2ORTS2gbA
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Channel 4 adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Microsoft 365 13/20
- Meta Business Suite 11/20
- Atlassian · not on channel4.com 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 9/20
- Apple Business · not on channel4.com 8/20
- GlobalSign · not on channel4.com 8/20
- Google Workspace 6/20
- Adobe · not on channel4.com 5/20
- DocuSign · not on channel4.com 5/20
- Proofpoint · not on channel4.com 5/20
- Mailchimp Transactional · not on channel4.com 4/20
- React · not on channel4.com 4/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on channel4.com 4/20
- Google Cloud · not on channel4.com 3/20
- Next.js · not on channel4.com 3/20