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News on new channels joining the Freeview lineup. We also post news of any other major Freeview and Top Up TV developments here.
Connect TV Service to add 45 channels to Freeview |
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The Connect TV service appears to have now launched on the Freeview platform, offering an extra 45 channels of TV. Connect TV has had a number of placeholder channels active between channels 110 and 116 for a while, and some of the services switched on February. It seems that the initial offering has been finalised, [...]
Published: 29/02/2012 10:10 PM |
Racing UK To Join Freeview This Month? |
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We’ve just noticed that a new placeholder channel has been added to the Freeview lineup: Racing UK (Channel 116) At the moment, the channel is just a placeholder, but here’s what we know so far: The channel appears to be part of the Internet TV services planned by IP Vision. We’re assuming that when this [...]
Published: 01/02/2012 03:08 PM |
Freeview News: The Zone, Channel 5 HD and Channel 5 +1 |
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Some Freeview channel news to report: Channel 5 HD to launch on Freeview In the recent bidding for the fifth HD channel on the Freeview platform, only one channel submitted a bid, and that was Channel 5. It appears that regulator OfCom has granted Channel 5 the licence, and we can expect Channel 5 HD [...]
Published: 08/11/2011 07:27 PM |
BBC HD channel set to close |
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The BBC is set to close the BBC HD channel, as part of proposals for cost-savings. The BBC HD service launched as a trial service in 2006, and was the first free-to-view HD channel in the UK. As part of the BBC’s cost-cutting proposal “Delivering Quality First”, the HD channel is set to be scrapped [...]
Published: 08/10/2011 02:42 PM |
Vision, Connect and Stream coming to Freeview |
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We’re getting a number of enquiries about the mysterious appearance of three new channels on Freeview: Channel 110 – Vision Channel 111 – Connect Channel 112 – Stream The on-screen caption reports that these are new channels coming soon to Freeview HD. At first glance, the idea of three new HD channels coming to Freeview [...]
Published: 06/08/2011 11:31 AM |
Food Network to come to Freeview |
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It look like the cuisine channel The Food Network is set to come to Freeview. The Food Network is based in the US, and is owned by Scripps Networks and Tribune Company, and is currently available on Sky and Freesat. Content on the Food Network includes various instructional cooking shows, plus shows on healthy eating, [...]
Published: 06/07/2011 10:27 AM |
Freeview in Scotland Gains BBC Alba but Loses BBC Radio |
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On the 8th of June 2011, the Gaelic-language TV service BBC Alba launched on the Freeview platform. The station, which launched in 2008, has previously been available to Sky and Virgin viewers, is now available from Freeview transmitters in Scotland, and can be found on Freeview Channel 8. The channel’s normal broadcasting hours are 5pm [...]
Published: 17/06/2011 12:25 PM |
New Freeview Channel: Really |
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We’re shortly to see a new Freeview channel appear, and for once it’s not a shopping channel or a Babestation service. Really! TV company UKTV already offers Dave and Yesterday on Freeview, and it has just announced that it will soon be adding ‘Really‘ to the lineup. Really will join the Freeview lineup from the [...]
Published: 15/06/2011 02:35 PM |
QVC Beauty added to Freeview |
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A new channel, QVC Beauty, has joined the Freeview lineup. The channel, a shopping channel, has appeared on Freeview channel 48, and broadcasts from 8am to 1pm daily, sharing the slot with Rocks & Co 1, Babestation, Al Jazeera English and TV News. QVC Beauty is not the mysterious “TBA channel” that continues to the [...]
Published: 05/05/2011 11:22 AM |
TView Movie Service Removed After 2 weeks |
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A couple of weeks ago, a new service, TView, appeared on Freeview channel 32. The Tview service allowed Freeview viewers to watch a small selection of movies by paying for access using an SMS text message, and getting a viewing PIN in return. After just two weeks, the service has been removed. A message on [...]
Published: 03/05/2011 11:30 AM |
TView Launches on Freeview |
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A movie service called TView has launched on Freeview. The service appears on Freeview Channel 32 (labelled as Big Deal), and is a per-per-view movie service. It runs from 6pm to 5am. The Movie lineup for Wednesday the 13th of April: Alpha & Omega, Jack Falls, Terry, Stripped Naked and Living Dead Girl. Movies are available [...]
Published: 13/04/2011 11:14 AM |
BBC Radio 7 Renames as Radio 4 Extra |
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BBC Radio 7, the comedy and drama channel from the Beeb, renamed to BBC Radio 4 Extra today, the 2nd of April 2011. The station will continue to offer a mix of classic BBC comedy and drama, and will offer extra content to supplement the mainstream Radio 4 channel, such as extra content for fans [...]
Published: 02/04/2011 04:42 PM |
Psychic TV comes to Freeview |
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Freeview channel 32, normally home to shopping channel Big Deal has now started carrying Psychic TV. According to the blurb for this channel, Psychic TV is “the place to be for live and interactive Psychic readings.” The channel will be available from 8pm to 3am
Published: 12/03/2011 05:29 PM |
Daystar Placeholder added to Freeview |
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A placeholder for religious TV channel Daystar has appeared on Freeview channel 47. We understand that, when the service starts, it will broadcast from 5am to 8am daily.
Published: 03/03/2011 04:18 PM |
TV Channel Five Becomes 5 |
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5, Channel Five, Five, Channel 5… The various names given to our fifth TV channel since the channel’s launch in 1997. 5 changed to Five in 2002, in attempt to change its image and identity, but from today (14 Feb 2011), it’s back to the number 5, and not the word five. To accompany the [...]
Published: 14/02/2011 02:33 PM |
New Freeview Channel, TBA |
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A new channel has appeared on the Freeview channel list. Enigmatically just called “TBA”, we have no info on what this new service will be, although from the mail in to us here, it seems hopes are high that we could be in for a new channel, and not just another shopping or +1 channel. [...]
Published: 14/02/2011 10:42 AM |
Free Sky weekend on Freeview |
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This weekend (11-13th Feb 2011), Sky will be offering a free weekend pass to Freeview, BT Vision and Top Up TV customers. Sky will be broadcasting a showcase of some of their key programmes on the Sky 3 channel, which is free-to-air on Freeview channel 11. On Friday the 11th, shows broadcast will include Karl [...]
Published: 08/02/2011 04:46 PM |
Channel One Ceases Broadcasting |
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Channel One is no more. Channel owners BSkyB pulled the plug on the channel in the early hours of the 1st of February 2011, as part of a number of branding changes for the Sky portfolio of channels. The channel was originally known as Virgin 1 until Sky purchased it from Virgin. Channel One showed [...]
Published: 01/02/2011 09:28 AM |
Challenge Quiz Channel Added to Freeview |
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The quiz channel Challenge has been added to the Freeview channel lineup today, 31st January 2011. Challenge, broadcasting such shows as Catchphrase, Crystal Maze Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and The Krypton Factor, is now available on Freeview channel 46. The move to add Challenge comes as part of a shakeup of TV channels owned [...]
Published: 31/01/2011 09:00 PM |
Sky3 to become Pick TV |
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Sky’s non-subscription channel Sky3 is set to become Pick TV on the 28th of February 2011 We understand that the mix of programmes on the new channel will remain generally the same, but the Sky name will vanish from the channel as part of a number of channel changes planned by Sky for February. Pick [...]
Published: 30/01/2011 06:42 PM |
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