Mark Thompson, Channel 4's CEO has confirmed that the network will be launching a new digital channel on Freeview by the end of next year. Thompson said: "Plans for the station are still in the early stages."
Although at first the likelihood is that the channel will be a one hour time-shifted version of C4, Thompson hinted that it could be a factual-based channel showing programmes such as 'Faking It' and 'Equinox'.