E4

E4 is another teen/young adult channel which hosts a variety of dramas, sitcoms, and occasionally, sci-fi. Among its shows are Smallville, The Cleveland Show, Balls of Steel, Ugly Betty and One Tree Hill; each of them are different types of shows, but all popular with its target older teenage audience. www.e4.com

Again, there is no official magazine for the site/channel. E4 is one of many sites related to Channel 4, along with 4music, Film4, More4, 4oD and Channel 4 itself.

Now for some more screenshots...


To the left is the top section of the e4 homepage. Like the MTV site, it has its navigation bar going straight across the top, with the logo far left. You will also notice that the background is an image of a blackboard with names of shows and times written on there in chalk. This is a very clever idea, as it shows the site is unique and may attract people to visit it more. You will also notice one of the sections near the top is the games section, which is odd because most sites do not show their games straight away, except for online game sites.

There is a box at the top showing the new shows with some clips to demonstrate the type of show it is. Next to the games is the top videos and there are ways to watch some shows on the site. There is also a small box showing what is airing on the channel now. By clicking the TV listings, you will see the page displayed below.

A list of all the shows for the coming week is shown with a brief synopsis for each show, including information on the subtitle options available for the hard of hearing.



To the left is one of many extras on the site. It is a short animation by Weebl, a famous animator from www.weebls-stuff.com, about the internet with a short section about e4.





In terms of the actual E4 website, I liked the blackboard background promoting the shows. I didn't like the general feel of the site. Maybe it was to do with the colour scheme, which sort of hints at a much-needed future post abut the colour scheme for my site. It was difficult to navigate after a certain point and I found I had to keep going back to previous pages to go somewhere else. Anyway, that's everything that's new about the e4 site. On to BBC3!