Freeview (DTV Services Ltd)
Type	Digital terrestrial television provider
Founded	2002
Headquarters	London
Key people	Ilse Howling (General Manager)
Industry	Media
Products	Package of free-to-air digital terrestrial television channels
Website	www.freeview.co.uk

Freeview is the operator of free digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, using the DVB-T standard. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Free-to-air (FTA Television (TV and Radio broadcasts are sent unencrypted and may be received via any suitable receiver Free-to-view Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom is made up of over fifty primarily free-to-air television channels (including all the national analogue stations DVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial; it is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of The Freeview brand name, owned by DTV Services,^[1] is used to promote the free digital terrestrial television service as a whole and those services operated by companies who rent capacity from Freeview Consortium shareholders. ^[2]

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Service costs 1.2 High Definition on Freeview Planned 1.3 Coverage and reception 1.4 Freeview Playback 2 Freeview channels 2.1 Television channels 2.2 Text and interactive services 2.3 Radio stations 2.4 Former Channels 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Overview

Freeview was launched on 30 October 2002 at 6 am when it took over the digital terrestrial television (DTT) licence to broadcast on three multiplexes from the defunct ITV Digital (originally called ONdigital). Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and For multiplexing in electronics and signal processing see Multiplexer. ITV Digital was a British Digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network ITV Digital was a British Digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network

The founding members of DTV Services were the BBC, Crown Castle UK (now known as National Grid Wireless) and British Sky Broadcasting. National Grid Wireless (formerly Crown Castle UK is a company which provides Telecommunications Infrastructure and broadcast transmission British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the On 11 October 2005, they were joined by ITV plc and Channel 4. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ITV plc ( is a British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began The Freeview service broadcasts free-to-air television channels, radio stations and interactive services from the BBC, Sky and other broadcasters. This is a list of TV services available on digital terrestrial satellite internet streaming and cable systems in the United Kingdom.

As of the end of December 2006, 30. The Office of Communications (Y Swyddfa Gyfathrebiadau or as it is more often known Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the Communication 4% of first sets and 25. 6% of all TV sets in the UK use Freeview. 7,703,000 of the 25. 3 million UK homes are 'Freeview only', with 15. 3 million Freeview enabled TVs (and integrated digital televisions) in 10. 5 million homes.

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The Freeview model has been copied in a number of countries including France and Spain. This is a list of Digital television deployments by country, which summarises the process and progress of transition from analogue to digital broadcasting This is a list of Digital television deployments by country, which summarises the process and progress of transition from analogue to digital broadcasting

Service costs

Freeview offers no premium or pay-per-view channels and no subscription channels. Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event The name distinguishes the service from ITV Digital, cable and satellite digital TV services. ITV Digital was a British Digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network Satellite television is Television delivered by the means of Communications satellites as compared to conventional Terrestrial television and Cable To receive the Freeview services, a set-top box (typically available from £20) or a new television with an integrated digital tuner is required. A set-top box (STB or set-top unit (STU is a device that connects to a Television and an external source of signal, turning the signal into DTT reception cards for computers are also available for a similar price. Some viewers also need an aerial upgrade which can cost around £80 to £180. ^[4] In addition, the annual television licence must be purchased, as is required for all viewers of broadcast television in the UK irrespective of the method of reception. Television licences around the world The Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago notes that two-thirds of the countries in Europe and half ^[5]

In addition to Freeview, a subscription-based service, Top Up TV, launched in March 2004 using unused channel space on Multiplexes that were owned by parties who, at the time, were not members of the Freeview consortium. The subscription business model is a Business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service Top Up TV is a digital Terrestrial Pay TV service offering content from 23 subscription Channels such as Living, G For multiplexing in electronics and signal processing see Multiplexer. The Top Up TV service is not connected with the Freeview service; it simply runs alongside it on the DTT platform. It was possible to receive Top Up TV selected Freeview set-top boxes or televisions equipped with a card slot or CI slot, however, this was discontinued in 2006 in favour of "Top Up TV Anytime", a service which depends on a proprietary set top box. The Common Interface is an extensible digital Interconnect found in the Digital TV market

The Digital TV Group the industry association for digital television in the UK, is responsible for co-ordination between Freeview and Top Up TV services.

High Definition on Freeview Planned

There are currently no high definition chanels on Freeview, but as of January 2008 it appears that there are plans to roll out high definition channels on a regional basis, starting in 2009. According to The Producer, a Sony publication for professionals: "on 21 Nov 2007 Ofcom proposed a reorganisation of the three public service digital multiplexes to allow free-to-air HD services to launch by late 2009. It has backed a scheme to clear multiplex B for this goal (currently used by the BBC to carry CBeebies, BBC Parliament, three interactive video services, ten radio and two data services). The process strips the BBC of a significant amount of spectrum, and gives Ofcom the power to decide who gets what in the subsequent carve-up. The day before the announcement the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five signed a "non binding memorandum of understanding" to reorganise their DTT spectrum to ensure an HD launch on Freeview within the existing spectrum capacity, in an attempt to control their own destiny. Ofcom is backing a near-doubling of efficiency by two means. These are, first, through coding squeezing more into the same spectrum by using MPEG4 rather than the current MPEG2. MPEG-4 is a collection of methods defining compression of audio and visual (AV digital data MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information" Secondly it is backing a new transmission standard DVB-T2, an update from existing DVB-T, this alone promises to deliver a 30 percent increase in capacity to a multiplex. DVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial; it is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of DVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial; it is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of Together the two moves increase the capacity of a multiplex by 160 percent. Ofcom expects to award four blocks but with three starting in 2009/2010 and a fourth starting 2012. It is expected that the first three will be BBC HD, ITV HD, and Channel 4 HD. The HD services will also be available on Freesat. Freesat is a British Free-to-air digital Satellite television service developed by the BBC " Freesat, which parallels the Freeview service on a new dedicated satellite platform began broadcasting on 6 May 2008. Freesat is a British Free-to-air digital Satellite television service developed by the BBC

The Ofcom proposal and the consultation responses can be found here. Ofcom DTT Future

Coverage and reception

Approximately 73% of households are in a location that can receive Freeview broadcasts. ^[6] Maximum Freeview coverage of the UK whilst analogue and digital services are running in tandem has now been reached. An analog or analogue signal is any continuous signal for which the time varying feature (variable of the signal is a representation of some other A digital system uses discrete (discontinuous values usually but not always Symbolized Numerically (hence called "digital" to represent information for ^[7] The British government plans to switch off analogue transmitters region-by-region, starting in 2007,^[8] to allow for an increase in both Freeview coverage and transmitter power. The government estimates that the coverage level of the three public service broadcasting multiplexes will reach 98. 5% of the population (the same as analogue television) and six-multiplex reception will cover 90% of the population once the digital switchover has been completed in 2012. Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom is made up of over fifty primarily free-to-air television channels (including all the national analogue stations

Freeview Playback

Main article: Freeview Playback

Freeview Playback is a consumer brand created in the UK by the DTG Group to "raise consumer awareness and promote sales" of Freeview-capable digital video recorders. A digital video recorder ( DVR) or personal video recorder ( PVR) is a device that records video in a digital format to a Disk drive or other Players which meet specified quality and functionality criteria are permitted to carry the Freeview Playback logo, and benefit from joint marketing and consumer confidence.

Freeview channels

A full list of digital terrestrial television channels in the UK is also available, which includes the additional Top Up TV and Setanta Sports services. Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom is made up of over fifty primarily free-to-air television channels (including all the national analogue stations Top Up TV is a digital Terrestrial Pay TV service offering content from 23 subscription Channels such as Living, G Setanta Sports (sɛˈtantə is a sports broadcaster based in Ireland, operating 12 channels in 24 countries

Television channels

EPG No.	Channel	Notes	Owner/parent company	Broadcast hours	Format	Multiplex
1	BBC One	Some regional variations in programming	BBC	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	1
2	BBC Two	Some regional variations in programming; variations from analogue in Wales and Northern Ireland	BBC	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	1
3	ITV1	In England, Wales, Southern Scotland and the Isle of Man1	ITV plc	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	2
	STV	In Central and Northern Scotland1	SMG plc
	UTV	In Northern Ireland1	UTV Media
4	Channel 4	Except Wales	Channel 4 Television Corporation	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	2
	S4C Digidol	Wales only	Welsh Fourth Channel Authority			A2
5	Five		RTL Group	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	A2
6	ITV2		ITV plc	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	2
7	BBC Three	Timeshares with CBBC Channel	BBC	1900-0700	16:9 SDTV	1
8	Channel 4	Wales only	Channel 4 Television Corporation	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	2
	TeleG	Scotland only; timeshares with CITV Channel, The Jewellery Channel, Nuts TV, Top Up TV Anytime 2		1800-1900	SDTV	A
9	BBC Four	Timeshares with CBeebies	BBC	1900-0600	16:9 SDTV	B
10	ITV3		ITV plc	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	2
11	Sky Three		BSkyB	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	C
12	UKTV History	Timeshares with Virgin 1	UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Virgin Media Television)	0700-1800	16:9 SDTV	D
13	Channel 4 +1		Channel 4 Television Corporation	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	2
14	More4		Channel 4 Television Corporation	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	2
16	QVC UK	Timeshares with S4C2 in Wales	QVC	24 hours (England, Scotland, NI) 24 hours (Wales) (Friday-Monday) 1700-0900 (Wales) (Tuesday-Thursday)	16:9 SDTV	A
18	The Hits	To be renamed 4Music by Summer 2008	Box Television (Bauer Group/Channel 4)	24 hours	4:3 SDTV	D
19	Dave	Timeshares with SmileTV	UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Virgin Media Television)	0700-0300	16:9 SDTV	C
20	Virgin 1		Virgin Media Television	1800-0600	16:9 SDTV	D
21	TMF		MTV Networks Europe	24 hours	4:3 SDTV	D
22	Ideal World		Ideal Shopping Direct plc	24 hours	4:3 SDTV	D
23	bid tv	Timeshares with The Jewellery Channel, Nuts TV, Top Up TV Anytime 2 in Wales	sit-up Ltd/Virgin Media Television	24 hours (England, Scotland, NI) 0600-1800 (Wales)	16:9 SDTV	A
24	price-drop tv		sit-up Ltd/Virgin Media Television	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	A
28	ITV4		ITV plc	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	2
29	E4		Channel 4 Television Corporation	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	2
30	E4 +1		Channel 4 Television Corporation	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	C
31	ITV2 +1		ITV plc	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	D
32	Film4	Timeshares with Gems TV, National Lottery Xtra	Channel 4 Television Corporation	1245-0845	16:9 SDTV	D
35	Five US		RTL Group	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	A
36	Fiver	Timeshares with Television X/Red Hot	RTL Group	0600-2300	16:9 SDTV	A
37	SmileTV	Timeshares with Dave	Cellcast Group	0300-0700	4:3 SDTV	C
42	Nuts TV	Timeshares with bid tv (Wales), CITV Channel (England, Scotland, NI), The Jewellery Channel, TeleG (Scotland), Top Up TV Anytime 2	IPC Media/Turner Broadcasting System Europe	2100-0100	16:9 SDTV	A
43	Gems TV	Timeshares with Film4, National Lottery Xtra		0945-1245	16:9 SDTV	D
44	The Jewellery Channel	Timeshares with bid tv (Wales), CITV Channel (England, Scotland, NI), Nuts TV, TeleG (Scotland), Top Up TV Anytime 2		1900-2100	16:9 SDTV	A
45	National Lottery Xtra	Timeshares with Film4, Gems TV	National Lottery	0845-0945	SDTV	D
70	CBBC Channel	Timeshares with BBC Three	BBC	0700-1900	16:9 SDTV	1
71	CBeebies	Timeshares with BBC Four	BBC	0600-1900	16:9 SDTV	B
75	CITV Channel	Not available in Wales; timeshares with The Jewellery Channel, Nuts TV, TeleG (Scotland), Top Up TV Anytime 2	ITV plc	0600-1800	16:9 SDTV	A
80	BBC News		BBC	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	1
81	BBC Parliament		BBC	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	B
82	Sky News		BSkyB	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	C
83	Sky Sports News		BSkyB	24 hours	4:3 SDTV	C
86	S4C2	Wales only; timeshares with QVC UK	S4C	0900-1700 (Tuesday-Thursday)	16:9 SDTV	A2
87	Community Channel	Timeshares with 302	Media Trust	0600-0900	4:3 SDTV	B
88	Teachers' TV	Timeshares with British Eurosport, Top Up TV Anytime 3, UKTV Gold, UKTV Style	Education Digital Ltd/Education Digital Management Ltd	1600-1700	16:9 SDTV	A

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^2  Five, S4C and S4C2 will move to a public service multiplex at the start of digital switchover, using the bandwidth created by switching from 16QAM to 64QAM mode, so will be transmitted from all 1,154^[9] UK transmitters. None of the commercial multiplex operators have asked Ofcom to extend their multiplex to any of the 1,074 relay transmitters so these multiplexes will broadcast only from the existing 80 main transmitters that carry all the multiplexes after switchover. ^[10] Broadcast power for these multiplexes will, however, be increased, and they will use 64QAM mode, enlarging the national coverage from the current 73%^[9] of the population to an estimated 90% by 2012.

Text and interactive services

EPG No.	Channel	Notes	Owner/parent company	Broadcast hours	Format	Multiplex
100	Teletext	NHS Direct pages also available from split screen	Teletext Ltd.	Text service		2
101	Teletext Holidays		Teletext Ltd.	Text service		A (Rest of UK) 2 (Wales)
102	Rabbit		Teletext Ltd.	Text service		2
103	Teletext Casino		Teletext Ltd.	Text service		A
104	Teletext on 4		Teletext Ltd.	Text service		2
105	BBCi		BBC	Text service		1
108	Sky Text		BSkyB	Text service		C
300	4TVInteractive	EPG service; compatible set-top-box required for full functionality (appears as blank screen)		0300-0400	Data service	D
301	301	BBCi Video Stream; press the red button for full functionality	BBC	24 hours	16:9 SDTV	B
302	302	BBCi Video Stream; press the red button for full functionality	BBC	0900-0600	16:9 SDTV	B
303	303	Carries data for BBC News, BBC Parliament and CBeebies (appears as blank screen)	BBC	Data service		B
304	tvtv digital	EPG/recording service; compatible set-top-box required for full functionality (appears as a blank screen)	Sony	Data service		C
305	305	Carries data for BBC News (appears as a blank screen, though with sound)	BBC	Data service		B

Radio stations

EPG No. Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. NHS Direct is the name of a 24 hour confidential Telephone, Online and interactive digital TV health advice and information service provided by the National Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. Teletext on 4 has been the name of two different text and Teletext services in the on Channel 4 and S4C in the United Kingdom. Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. Sky Text is the Digital Teletext Service operated by British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB) in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the 4TVInteractive is an Electronic Programme Guide (EPG provider for television services in the United Kingdom. Red Button is a button on the remote control for certain digital television Set top boxes in the UK, Australia, Flanders and Malaysia The aspect ratio of an Image is its width divided by its height Red Button is a button on the remote control for certain digital television Set top boxes in the UK, Australia, Flanders and Malaysia The aspect ratio of an Image is its width divided by its height BBC News is the BBC's 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom and also available in the Republic of Ireland. CBeebies is a British television channel produced by the BBC and aimed at children 4 years and under tvtv digital is an Electronic Programme Guide (EPG provider for television services in the United Kingdom and Europe is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with BBC News is the BBC's 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom and also available in the Republic of Ireland.	Channel	Notes	Owner/parent company	Multiplex
700	BBC Radio 1		BBC	B
701	BBC Radio 1Xtra		BBC	B
702	BBC Radio 2		BBC	B
703	BBC Radio 3		BBC	B
704	BBC Radio 4	FM version	BBC	B
705	BBC Radio 5 Live		BBC	B
706	BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra		BBC	B
707	BBC Radio 6 Music		BBC	B
708	BBC Radio 7		BBC	B
709	BBC Asian Network		BBC	B
710	BBC World Service	English language, European version	BBC	D
711	The Hits Radio		Bauer Radio	D
712	Smash Hits	Not available in Wales	Bauer Radio	A
713	Kiss 100		Bauer Radio	D
714	Heat		Bauer Radio	D
715	Magic 105.4		Bauer Radio	D
716	Q		Bauer Radio	D
718	102.2 Smooth Radio		Guardian Media Group	D
719	BBC Radio Wales	Wales only	BBC	1
	BBC Radio Scotland	Scotland only		1
	BBC Radio Ulster	Northern Ireland only		1
720	BBC Radio Cymru	Wales only	BBC	1
	BBC Radio nan Gàidheal	Scotland only		1
	BBC Radio Foyle	Northern Ireland only		1
721	Mojo	Not available in Wales	Bauer Radio	A
722	Kerrang!		Bauer Radio	D
723	talkSPORT		UTV Radio	C
724	Clyde 1		Bauer Radio	C
725	Premier Christian Radio		Premier Christian Media Trust	C
726	U105	Northern Ireland only	UTV Radio	2
727	Virgin Radio		SMG plc	C
728	Heart 106.2	Northern England, Southern England, Wales, Southern Scotland and the Isle of Man only	Global Radio UK	2
	100.7 Heart FM	West Midlands only		2
	Heart 106	East Midlands only		2

Former Channels

EPG No. BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra is an additional digital radio service provided by the BBC via DAB Digital Radio and the Digital satellite The Hits was a Music video channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland owned by Box Television. Bauer Radio (formerly EMAP Radio is a UK-based division of Bauer Verlagsgruppe. This article is about a magazine For the compilation album by Jimi Hendrix, see Smash Hits (album. Bauer Radio (formerly EMAP Radio is a UK-based division of Bauer Verlagsgruppe. Kiss 100 is a radio station broadcasting to London on 1000 MHz FM specialising in hip hop, R&B, urban and Dance music Bauer Radio (formerly EMAP Radio is a UK-based division of Bauer Verlagsgruppe. Heat is a British entertainment magazine published by Bauer Consumer Media. Bauer Radio (formerly EMAP Radio is a UK-based division of Bauer Verlagsgruppe. Magic 1054 FM is an adult contemporary Independent Local Radio station based in London, purchased by media group Emap in mid-1998 who subsequently rebranded Bauer Radio (formerly EMAP Radio is a UK-based division of Bauer Verlagsgruppe. Q is a Music Magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130179 as of June 2007 Bauer Radio (formerly EMAP Radio is a UK-based division of Bauer Verlagsgruppe. Not to be confused with the Guardian Enterprise Group, an American media company (see. Mojo is a popular Music Magazine published by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Bauer Radio (formerly EMAP Radio is a UK-based division of Bauer Verlagsgruppe. Kerrang! Radio is a specialist Rock music radio station broadcasting to the West Midlands in England. Bauer Radio (formerly EMAP Radio is a UK-based division of Bauer Verlagsgruppe. talkSPORT is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters offering a commercial sports and talk radio service from London UTV Radio is a UK media company and owner of several Radio stations in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Bauer Radio (formerly EMAP Radio is a UK-based division of Bauer Verlagsgruppe. Premier Radio may refer to Premier Christian Radio, a radio network in the United Kingdom which broadcasts Christian programming Premiere U105 is a Belfast based radio station providing a mix of music and speech as well as hourly news bulletins UTV Radio is a UK media company and owner of several Radio stations in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Virgin Radio is a brand owned by the Virgin Group used by a number of different radio stations worldwide under licence from Virgin Heart 1062 is an Independent Local Radio station based in London that specializes in "adult contemporary music" and is owned by Global Radio UK Global Radio Group is a UK radio company Senior personnel include Charles Allen, Richard Park and Ashley Tabor Heart 106 is a regional Radio station broadcasting to the East Midlands.	Channel	Date Removed	Replaced by	Notes
52	NTL	2003 (Summer)
22	CBM	08/2003	Ideal World	Channel never launched; tested in May to August 2003. Virgin Media Inc (formerly known as ntlTelewest, after a merger of NTL Incorporated with Telewest Global Inc CBM was a potential Television channel owned by the East Midlands company CBM Media to be broadcast in the United Kingdom. Ideal World is a shopping channel in the UK owned by Ideal Shopping Direct Plc whose sister shopping channels include Ideal Vitality and Create and Craft Crown Castle terminated contract before channel launched
50	FourText	16/12/2003	Teletext on 4
17	TV Travel Shop	31/01/2004	Top Up TV encrypted channels	Space bought out by Top Up TV
88	Jazz FM	01/03/2004	102.2 Smooth FM
56	Teletext TV Guide	23/03/2005	Teletext Cars
11	Sky Travel	31/10/2005	Sky Three	Only replaced on Freeview. National Grid Wireless (formerly Crown Castle UK is a company which provides Telecommunications Infrastructure and broadcast transmission FourText (originally 4-Tel) was the British Channel 4 's ancillary Teletext service from the 1980s until 2003 Teletext on 4 has been the name of two different text and Teletext services in the on Channel 4 and S4C in the United Kingdom. TV Travel Shop was a British Television channel that sold holidays Top Up TV is a digital Terrestrial Pay TV service offering content from 23 subscription Channels such as Living, G Top Up TV is a digital Terrestrial Pay TV service offering content from 23 subscription Channels such as Living, G Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. This article discusses the Sky Real Lives channel (formerly "Sky Travel" Channel later rebranded to Sky Real Lives on all other platforms
81	ITV News Channel	23/12/2005	ITV4 CITV Channel
38	Men & Motors	11/04/2006	ITV Play
31	More4 +1	18/05/2006	Film4	Channel originally replaced by Big Brother Interactive Channel; Replaced by Film4 on 23 July 2006
106	YooPlay Games	18/07/2006	Virgin Radio	Channel previously known as Free2Play, then F2P Games
32	Quiz Call	15/11/2006	Film4 +1	Closed down after ownership sold to iTouch
31	ITV Play	13/03/2007	ITV2 +1	Removed after phone-in scam scandal
718	102.2 Smooth FM	23/03/2007	102.2 Smooth Radio
724	3C	24/03/2007	Clyde 1
102	Teletext Cars	02/04/2007	Rabbit	Rabbit not launched until May 2008
32	Film4 +1	20/08/2007	Channel 4 +1
42	Thomas Cook TV	01/09/2007	Nuts TV The Jewellery Channel
15	ABC1	26/09/2007	CITV Channel	CITV Channel moved to allow ITV4 to extend its broadcast hours. This article discusses the Sky Real Lives channel (formerly "Sky Travel" The ITV News Channel was a 24 hour Television News channel in the United Kingdom which broadcast from 2000 to 2005. ITV4 is a UK Television station which launched on November 1, 2005, the channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day The CITV Channel is a British children's TV station from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. Men & Motors is a men's lifestyle Television channel in the UK. ITV Play was the brand name used for phone-in shows on British television network ITV until December 2007 More4 is a Digital television channel produced by United Kingdom broadcaster Channel 4, that launched on 10 October 2005. Film4 is a free digital Television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned and operated by Channel 4, that screens Film4 is a free digital Television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned and operated by Channel 4, that screens Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. YooPlay Games was a TV interactive service which featured gambling and betting games Virgin Radio is a brand owned by the Virgin Group used by a number of different radio stations worldwide under licence from Virgin Quiz Call is a late night/early morning phone-in quiz TV show produced by Ostrich Media (owned by iTouch for Five, Five US and Fiver Film4 is a free digital Television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned and operated by Channel 4, that screens ITV Play was a 24/7 participation television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. ITV2 is a 24 hour a day Free-to-air entertainment Television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of 3C was a United Kingdom radio station based in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland and was provided by Radio Clyde. Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. Teletext Ltd is the provider of Teletext & Digital Interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom. International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) Film4 is a free digital Television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned and operated by Channel 4, that screens Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Thomas Cook Group plc is a travel company created on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG and MyTravel Group plc. Nuts TV is a British television channel from Nuts magazine Nuts TV began broadcasting on Freeview channel 42 on 12 September 2007 The Jewellery Channel (UK Ltd is a British falling-price auction-style Home shopping channel specialising in Jewellery, the primary competitor to ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney utilizing the branding of the Disney owned American network ABC. The CITV Channel is a British children's TV station from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. ITV4 is a UK Television station which launched on November 1, 2005, the channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day
20	Ftn	01/10/2007	Virgin 1
729	Radio Music Shop	04/10/2007
19	UKTV Bright Ideas	14/10/2007	Dave	Dave replaced UKTV Bright Ideas as part of a rebrand of "UKTV G2" to "Dave"
717	Oneword	12/01/2008

See also

• BT Vision
• Télévision Numérique Terrestre

References

External links

• Freeview
• Digital TV Group: the industry association for digital TV in the UK
• As Cumbria leads the way to Digital TV - share your experiences and advice on your local site.
• Extended Freeview reception prediction
• Digital Spy Forums - Freeview Latest News
• Entertainment-iuk.com - Latest Freeview, Virgin Media and Top Up TV News

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