There’s been a set-back in the plans for a new Freeview HD channel. Back in 2010, Channel 5 was planning to launch its HD channel on Freeview, but decided that it didn’t want to launch after all – Instead, the channel went to the BBC for its second HD channel. The licence for the fifth [...]
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Radio and Telly UK Digital TV News
No Channel 5 HD for Freeview after all
December 27th, 2011 by Radio&Telly in Freeview, High Definition
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Freeview News: The Zone, Channel 5 HD and Channel 5 +1
November 8th, 2011 by Radio&Telly in Freeview, Freeview Channels, High DefinitionSome 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 [...]
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TV Channel Five Becomes 5
February 14th, 2011 by Radio&Telly in Digital TV, Freeview Channels5, 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 [...]
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