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.
For the technically-minded, “TBA” is on channel 45, multiplex D, with the message “New Channel Coming Soon”
We’ll keep you updated on that TBA’s up to when we know more.
Any thoughts or requests? Add ‘em below…
February 15th, 2011 at 12:45 am
Channel 4 hd is said to be coming soon… But we don’t even get BBC HD on the isle of Wight yet so could it be a first?
February 15th, 2011 at 9:12 am
Well,it appears to be running Dave at the moment so…….
February 15th, 2011 at 11:37 am
It might be the Loser channel. What freeview viewers are missing out on over at Sky?
February 15th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
TBA = To Be Announced? maybe just a temporary name in the meantime.
February 16th, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Is Freeview in trouble? We seem to be losing lots of decent channels like Channel One which have a good mix and also programmes we have already started watching like V the new series, Chuck and many more. There should be laws to stop another channel poaching programmes, if they didn’t buy it first time then tough!
February 17th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Sky Sports News / Gillette Soccer Special sports channel is much needed ie British Eurosport 1 or 2
February 18th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
I would love to see Eurosport added or another music channel like bliss or magic?
February 18th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
We need another decent channel similar to channel one. Shame on the company who withdrew it.
February 18th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
can’t believe channel one has been taken of freeview.. i liked watching that channel, end of the month sky3 being renamed pick tv aswell.. TbA.. channel.. that may be a news channel or something like that but it may also be another shopping or quiz channel.. what ever happend to bigdeal the channel is their but nothing shows on it now.. freeview should remove all babestation channels.. and change them to a channels like music drama and bring back some movie channels like film4 maybe tcm or men and motors or something in them lines.. also rabbit chat channel remove it its a big rip of people paying to chat on that 50p a message if people use their heads you can buy the net on your phone and chat all month for nowt use your brains not your pockets!moan over have a nice day lol
February 19th, 2011 at 9:25 am
i would defo like sky sports news back or even the majority of the free channels that sky has such as chart tv etc… theyre free why should we miss out on those channels
February 19th, 2011 at 11:41 am
i heard that the tba channel on 45 is going to be challenge and challenge+_1 will be on 46
February 19th, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Does anyone know what Channel 90 is on Freeview? According to my Channel List
it is called TV News, and is operated by Cellcast, the people behind the
Babestation channels. All I get when I try to access the channel is a message
‘Back soon!’
February 20th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
i have high hopes for ITV3+1 OR ITV4+1 to be added to freeview so maybe that will be one of the two or maybe sky have given the rights to freeview to put on one of there channels maybe Sky Sports News is coming back Under the name of Freeview Sports News
February 21st, 2011 at 1:45 pm
hi there. channel 90, freeeview, tv news !!!!!!!!!!! it in fact operates early hours of morning here and there also once there was a TV NEWS 2. it is a couple of hour recycling stream and is basically news relative to the entertainment industry,. ie gossip,news,view,reviews,etc. to more to the point what do you think 45 will be. i personally think it will be UK GOLD as if you look on the programme guide it is few evening hours nowadays as if readying for change. hope this helps. LIVE LONGER & PROSPER!!!!!!!!
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:43 am
I think they should bring back sky sports news, Even if its only fra few hours a day… I hope thats whats on this new channel, Either that or a good new channel and not another crappy +1 or Timeshift channel! But what I REALLY think freeview needs is a movie channel like true movies. Prehaps someone could make one called freeview movies and give sky movies a run for there money :L
February 23rd, 2011 at 1:50 pm
It could be a UKTV channel possibly G.O.L.D and it could be the reason why not launched due to contactual issues with Top Up TV causing the delay. There was a channel up for tender from BBC/Aquiva
February 23rd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
But in the current climit big channels launching would be unlikly and ones like paranormal TV who been wanting to go on Freeview for a while now or another shopping or quiz channel
February 23rd, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Just to say I hope the new channel on freeview 45 TBA is another music channel such as VH1 classic because telly can be very boring on Sunday afternoons, but when the channel suddenly appeared the screen and as I flicked through what it was to be and as I read the details on screen me thinks that the new channel could by Five Usa pluss because what shows I saw were Law & Order ,but as I just said, let it be VH1 classic because some viewers are not fortunate enough to get VH1 classicand in the past I have seen what VH1 classic transmits and I am impressed by what I have seen.
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:07 pm
the new freeview channel should show old series like charlie’s angels trhe six million dollar man Bionic woman and old soaps like dallas and dynasty and knots landing murder she wrote and police woman
February 24th, 2011 at 12:15 am
Hi Simon, thanks for the info about Channel 90.
As for 45, I hope you are right about UK Gold.
That would be great. Alternatively, a channel
devoted to ‘Star Trek’ would be good as well!!!
February 25th, 2011 at 7:14 pm
paranormal channel would be great ive heard its coming to freeview soon how true is this i love most haunted and ghost hunters
February 26th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Didn’t even know the paranormal channel was still broacasting
February 28th, 2011 at 2:34 pm
Personally, I’d like to see Eurosport back on Freeview.
February 28th, 2011 at 7:34 pm
Hey Guys Put Your wishlist down for freeview channels mine is:
1.Starz Tv
2.Discovery Channel
3.Sky Sports 1&2 (not pay-pier view)
And Just a Little Something For the Kids
1.Disney XD
2.Nickelodeon
3.Disney Channel
4.Nicktoons
March 2nd, 2011 at 4:31 pm
Would love to think that C45 would be Motors TV, what is NOT needed is another + 1 channel
March 5th, 2011 at 3:40 pm
i know what channel 45 is. also there is a change in radio stations bbc radio 7 becomes bbc radio 4 extra and bbc drop asian network and on 7th march fiver relaunches as 5* and five usa becomes 5usa. Finally there are atleast 4 new channels launching in 2011/2012
March 8th, 2011 at 4:37 am
TBA stands for Touched By An Angel. it’s a christian channel which broadcasts christianity through the much loved episodes of how God’s angels (yes there are evil ones too) work in our lives, demonstrating the love of God to human kind.
I blessed the Lord that TBA is coming soon to Freeview, having been so far only on Sky.
Mat God bless them all
March 9th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
tba hope its will be something good but you can only see one channel at a time lol
March 13th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
I was bloody anoid when sky decided to remove channel one from freeview. Whether they own the rights or not, it was unfair and unjustified to us all. I can’t watch voyager now! Not everyone can afford sky especially in these difficult times when people are losing jobs and struggling to survive. Tba will no doubt be a shopping or another adult channel, it’s inevitabe it will happen. I mean let’s face it, sky are messing up freeview telly and there’s no sign that’ll change. Bring back star trek you thieving b*****ds.
March 14th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
would be nice to have the horror channel on freeview, as it is on freesat or eurosport,true movies
March 18th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
the last thing we need is a +1 channel! if you are requesting that, then why dont you just go to a video on demand website such as bbc iplayer or itv player?? +1 channels are bloody pointless!
March 25th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
my top channels
1. channel one
2. sky sports news
3.pop
March 30th, 2011 at 11:26 pm
I wouldn’t like to see another +1 channel although I have found them useful lately on a Monday night but I would be happy to see something like TCM on freeview or one of the Disney channels might be fun. Personally I don’t like sport [I know it is popular with others mind you] so I wouldn’t like to see another sports channel that I would not watch or another shopping channel [ditto]. I agree with some of the other posters about Channel 1. I really liked that one and used to watch quite regularly. I doubt any of us will be pleased, no matter what they put out. Lately some of the changes have just been arbitrary and pointless
March 31st, 2011 at 12:23 pm
i can’t take the suspense anymore about channel 45 tba
i think mybe g.o.l.d. or tv news
April 6th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
call me if you want to know what channel tba is as i work for freeview its going to be launched in may 2011
April 6th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Its not a +1 channel
April 6th, 2011 at 7:00 pm
please let tba be g.o.l.d or horror channel something to watch,
and not another pay channel after all this is freeview
April 8th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
who? do i contact to ask about channel 45 tba
i am curious about what channel is going there
April 10th, 2011 at 9:11 pm
I’ve heard its going to be Sony TV, which has just started airing on Sky last week :S
Its not a shopping channel thou which is good :)
April 11th, 2011 at 8:41 am
sony tv would be great they are going to show
some great films on there hope this is right
April 12th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
I dont know i get the feeling freeview well cease to be pretty soon with big competition from the scum sky freesat and virgin i use freeview in my b’room it wudn’t be a problem to run a digital signal into that room i still have my old dish and digibox in use…
April 14th, 2011 at 9:49 am
and another pay channel on channel 32 t-view movies pay-per-view
they should rename freeview as payview it’s just not fair
April 17th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
It is sony tv and it will be launched on 7th may 2011 :)
April 17th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
that’s great news thank you for that info
i have been waiting for a long time to see
what channel it’s going to be, there are going
to be some great movies on sony tv, can’t wait
April 18th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Bad thing it is pay per view
April 18th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
oh no is this true sony tv is going to be pay per view
if so i give up, these pay channels will be the death of
freeview
April 19th, 2011 at 1:54 am
Its not pay per view it is bbc5 a shopping channel from bbc
April 19th, 2011 at 1:55 am
It launches in sometime in 2013/14
April 19th, 2011 at 3:40 am
Its Bbc 5 a shopping channel
April 19th, 2011 at 3:42 am
Launches dec
April 19th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
right ok
April 20th, 2011 at 7:58 pm
IM SURE THAT I HEAR THAT TCM IS COMING TO FREEVIEW CHANNEL 45 IS IT CAN ANY ONE CONFIRM THIS OR IS IT JUST HEARSAY AGAIN AS IM JUST WONDERING
April 22nd, 2011 at 10:15 am
no one knows yet? i think mybe sony tv or another pay channel
will sony tv be pay-pre-view?
April 27th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
THANK YOU LEWIS FOR YOU COMMENT ON APRIL 22ND MMMMMMM WE SHALL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE ABOUT WHOS GOT CHANNEL 45 I KNOW FROM CHATTING TO DIFFERNET PEOPLE THAT ALL SAID A BIG PUT OFF FOR THEM HAVING FREEVIEW WAS THE LOST OF SKY SPORTS NEWS ON CHANNEL 83 BUT WITH THE SWITCHOVER THEM WHO ON ANALOG AT THE MOMENT WILL HAVE TO SWITCH TO DIGITAL ANYWAY OUR SWITCH OVER IS THIS YEAR AS I IN THE CENTRAL TV AREA
April 28th, 2011 at 11:11 am
can’t wait to see what channel 45 tba is going to be
sony tv, tcm, or more like another PAY PER VIEW channel
that’s more like it remember this is FREEVIEW as in it’s
FREE you don’t have to PAY
May 3rd, 2011 at 6:12 pm
qvc looking for channel space for qvc beauty
might be tba channel 45? hope not
May 5th, 2011 at 10:11 am
This channel has been TBA for months. When can we expect an update so that we can comment on programme content. Please god its not another shopping channel
May 6th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
i think tba will not launch now it’s gone
pass 3 months it’s been to long, i did a rescan
tba has now been removed? anyone still get channel 45?
May 7th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
tba is now dead
channel removed
May 7th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
just a quick update big deal 2 coming to freeview
could this be the mystery tba? hope not
May 15th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
I have noticed that lately channel 45 TBA no longer displays the message “New channel coming soon”, why?
May 16th, 2011 at 8:34 am
channel 45 tba is not going to happen now
the coming soon message was removed, there
is no space for a new channel at this time
some say it was going to be sony tv or tcm
May 20th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
thank god this channels been wiped off there was just blank screen from january and now it been removed it was wasted of a slot
May 23rd, 2011 at 7:26 am
Dose anyone know if the “TBA”(which is now gone) will be replaced with another channel???. . . . Please no more shopping/adult or +1 ! ! !!
May 25th, 2011 at 7:42 pm
no news of any new channels
June 2nd, 2011 at 9:31 am
freeview has oveer 60 tv channels but if these channels were added i think freeview would be better number 1. channels one on freeview channel 20 pop-kids channel on freeview number 73 and sky sports news on freeview channel 83 if those three channels were put on to freeview i think it would be a better digital service
June 2nd, 2011 at 9:32 am
i have no need of digital tv as i am a vampire and i only wake up in the night time hiss anyyway i hope number 45 is something to do with us vampires
June 2nd, 2011 at 2:58 pm
BITE ME!
July 6th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
can you tell me when channel 45 starts because i am getting fed up with the blank screen
September 10th, 2011 at 9:16 am
i think it wrong take way old when lot of like them channel and use watch all want abc living tv and