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

Top 10K · #4,383 English 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Channel 4

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

Sky SportsSky UKSony LIVFrance 24Prime VideoRainberryTVEuronewsBBCTubiPluto TV

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Channel 4

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Channel 4, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Pluto TV pluto.tv Top 10K English

    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.

  2. 02
    Tubi tubitv.com Top 10K English

    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

  3. 03
    BBC bbc.co.uk Top 1K English

    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.

  4. 04
    Euronews euronews.com Top 10K English

    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.

  5. 05
    RainberryTV rainberrytv.com Top 10K English

    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

  6. 06
    Prime Video primevideo.com Top 1K English

    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.

  7. 07
    France 24 france24.com Top 10K English

    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

  8. 08
    Sony LIV sonyliv.com Top 10K English

    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

  9. 09
    Sky UK sky.com Top 10K English

    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.

  10. 10
    Sky Sports skysports.com Top 10K English

    Sky Sports - Sports News, Transfers, Scores | Watch Live Sport

    Watch the best live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA, plus the latest sports news, transfers & scores.

  11. 11
    Food Network foodnetwork.com Top 10K English

    Food Network UK | British Dishes and Global Recipes

    TV channel Food Network UK official site with latest shows and thousands of global recipes, British dishes and cooking tips from the experts.

  12. 12
    Collider collider.com Top 10K English

    New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider

    Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.

  13. 13
    Zee 5 zee5.com Top 10K English

    Zee 5 - Watch TV Shows, Web Series, Movies & Live TV Channels Online

    Watch a world of entertainment on Zee 5 with movies, 100+ original web series, TV shows, live TV channels, kids' content and more in HD quality across multiple languages.

  14. 14
    Fox Broadcasting Company fox.com Top 10K English

    Stream Live News, Sports, TV Shows & Entertainment | FOX One

    Live TV streaming service for sports, news and entertainment. Watch FOX live, stream TV shows on demand, and more. Start your 3-day free trial.

  15. 15
    China Central Television cctv.com Top 10K English

    央视网_世界就在眼前

    央视网(www.cctv.com)由中央广播电视总台主办,是以视频为特色的中央重点新闻网站,是央视的融合传播平台,是拥有全牌照业务资质的大型互联网文化企业。秉承“融合创新、一体发展”的理念,以新闻为龙头,以视频为重点,以用户为中心,建成“一网一端多平台多渠道”融媒体传播体系。

  16. 16
    Warner Bros. Entertainment warnerbros.com Top 10K English

    WarnerBros.com | Home of WB Movies, TV, Games, and more!

    Home of Warner Bros Movies, TV Shows and Video Games including Harry Potter, DC Comics and more!

  17. 17
    The Independent independent.co.uk Top 1K English

    News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news

    The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.

  18. 18
    American Broadcasting Company abc.com Top 10K English

    ABC Network - ABC.com

    Watch the ABC Shows online at abc.com. Get exclusive videos and free episodes.

  19. 19
    Raidió Teilifís Éireann rte.ie Top 10K English

    RTÉ Ireland's National Television and Radio Broadcaster

    RTÉ news brings you the latest Irish news, world news, international news and up to the minute reports on breaking Irish news stories and news from around the world. Watch and listen to Irish news stories on our video and audio streams.

  20. 20
    CTV News ctvnews.ca Top 10K English

    CTV News – Breaking News and Video, Canada News Today

    Get live updates on the latest local, national, and international news, including trusted reporting on politics, health, business, sports and more.

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
Security
CDN
  • Akamai header x-akamai-transformed: 9 3544 0 pmb=mRUM,2
Email hosting
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
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

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