Freeview Digital TV News Update

Five Life rebrands as Fiver

2008-04-28T07:30:00.001+01:00

Five Life re-branded as "Fiver" on the 28th April 2008, promising to be Younger, Ruder and Louder.

Teletext dating coming to Freeview

2008-04-19T20:14:00.000+01:00

In May 2008, a text-based dating service known as Rabbit will be coming to Freeview. Run by ITV, this will replace Teletext Cars

National Lottery Xtra

2008-03-05T09:41:00.001Z

National Lottery Xtra is coming to Freeview. This will be on channel 45, broadcasting for one hour a day, from 08:45 to 09:45, seven days a week.

Oneword radio to cease

2008-01-11T20:52:00.000Z

Digital radio channel Oneword is to cease broadcasting on Freeview and DAB from 12 January 2008.

Top Up TV channel update

2007-11-25T21:38:00.000Z

Broadcasting hours for UKTV Gold on the TopUp TV service have dropped (again), this time to make way for some new content. Boxes will now be able to get programming from The History Channel, Crime & Investigation and the Sci-Fi channel. You'll have to go Menu > Customise to get this new content. http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/topuptvanytime.html

Gems TV comes to Freeview

2007-10-31T22:54:00.000Z

Gems TV has appeared on Freeview channel 43. Looks like this is the Gems TV shopping channel.

Virgin 1 starts 1st October

2007-09-21T17:31:00.000+01:00

Virgin One starts on Freeview in the evening of 1st October, replacing FTN

UKG2 becomes... Dave

2007-09-21T11:50:00.000+01:00

From 15th October the UKTV G2 channel will be rebranded to "Dave". It's also coming to Freeview, replacing UKTV Bright Ideas. The idea behind the name is that everyone knows someone called Dave. The channel's target audience is 16-34 males.

ABC1 closes in September 2007

2007-09-08T22:33:00.000+01:00

ABC 1, on Freeview channel 15, closed in late September 2007. The channel, owned by Disney, launched in late 2004. No news on what will take its place on the Freeview platform.

Problems with ITV channels on Freeview

2007-09-02T12:04:00.000+01:00

We're seeing lots of emails about the loss of either ITV2 or ITV3 on Freeview. This is due to the recent changes to make room for Channel 4+1. See our Podcast's Blog for the story. Also, consider signing up to our newsletter.

Top Up TV Price Drop

2007-08-16T20:30:00.000+01:00

Top Up TV has dropped the price of its Anytime set-top box from �139.99 to just under �100. This dual-tuner Freeview hard-disk recorder downloads TV content overnight, giving you up to 100 hours of content to view on demand. See our Top Up TV Anytime review for more.

UK G2 on Freeview?

2007-08-12T22:23:00.000+01:00

There are a couple of rumours out there that UKTV G2 may be coming to Freeview in the future - reportedly replacing UKTV Bright Ideas. No confirmation or timeframe at this time.

Channel 4 + 1 from 20th August

2007-08-02T20:30:00.000+01:00

Channel 4 +1: From 20th August, Channel 4 will be the first of the 5 mainstream TV channels to offer a "Plus 1" service, so you can watch again one hour later. This will be available on Sky, will replace Film4+1 on Freeview and replaces More 4+1 on Virgin cable.

Nuts Magazine coming to Freeview

2007-07-25T10:16:00.000+01:00

Nuts TV comes to Freeview from 12th September 2007. Broadcasting "lads" content from 9pm to 1am, could this be the new Men and Motors? Source

Extra content for TopUp Anytime

2007-07-11T22:04:00.001+01:00

Content car make Audi, and Lottery company Camelot to be delivered to Top Up TV Anytime boxes from mid-July. Source

Virgin channel coming to Freeview

2007-06-11T21:56:00.000+01:00

Virgin has announced that it will launch a new channel, Virgin 1 on Freeview later in 2007. The channel will show drama, comedy and factual programming, and will replace FTN.

TCM to leave Top Up TV

2007-04-06T21:00:00.000+01:00

Another channel leaves the Top Up TV live lineup. Movie channel TCM to leave Top Up TV's live service from 16th April 07, presumably to free up space for another Freeview channel. Movies from TCM will still be available on Top Up TV Anytime service.

Channel 4 Music on Freeview?

2007-04-01T23:13:00.000+01:00

Channel 4 and Emap to launch a new music channel on Freeview? Reports in Variety indicate that Channel 4 may end up with a Freeview music channel soon...

3C goes, Clyde 1 appears

2007-03-28T18:20:00.000+01:00

Country music station 3C ("Continuous Cool Country") has gone from the Freeview lineup, and has been replaced by Scottish station Clyde 1 on Freeview channel 724.

Top Up Anytime Reduces Price

2007-03-27T15:51:00.000+01:00

Top Up TV has dropped the price of their Anytime set-top box. This PVR records TV content overnight for on-demand replay next day. Saving �70, the Top Up TV Anytime box now costs �139.99, including connection and one months viewing. More on our TUTV Anytime page

ITV Play to be pulled

2007-03-14T11:41:00.000Z

Games channel ITV Play is due to be pulled on 15th March, to be replaced by ITV2 +1. More

Setanta Sports to launch on Top Up TV

2007-02-18T16:40:00.000Z

Setanta Sport to launch on Top Up TV on 1st March. For �10.99 a month, you can watch live and exclusive sporting action including: live Barclays Premiership football (from August 2007), US PGA TOUR Golf, as well as Scottish and European football. More on TUTV Anytime.

Sky to drop channels from Freeview

2007-02-18T16:24:00.000Z

In February, we heard that BSkyB are planning to drop Sky Three, Sky News and Sky Sports News from the Freeview digital TV lineup. They plan to offer a pay-to-view service on the freed space, which will include the channels Sky One, Sky Sports, Sky News and Sky Movies. Viewers will need a special set-top box to get the Sky pay-TV service via a TV aerial. The regulators, OfCom, are said to be taking a close look at this proposal...

Top UP TV basic service reduces again

2007-01-29T00:10:00.000Z

Top Up TV are set to reduce their non-Anytime service even further with the Discovery channels and Cartoon Network disappearing from the live line-up in February. It's rumoured that this is to make room for subscription sport channel Setanta Sport. They've also stopped selling the basic �7.99 service to new customers

NHS Direct TV service launched

2006-12-21T08:53:00.000Z

NHS Direct Interactive TV service has launched on Freeview, offering 150 pages of interactive content

To access NHS Direct TV, go to channel 108, and press the red Interactive button, then scroll to 'NHS Direct Interactive?. More