On Monday, 8 July, a new station called "Drama" opens on Freeview Programme Number 20. Most Freeview receivers will need a retune on that day in order to receive this new station which will provide re-runs of major drama productions from British television.
At present this station will not be transmitted on Freesat.
Its Freeview Multiplex is SDN on channel 25 so it will be available only from main transmitters and not relay transmitters.
Friday, 5 July 2013
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Mendip Freeview Retune March 2013
On 27 March, viewers who receive their Freeview digital tv signal from the Mendip transmitter will need to retune all their Freeview receiving equipment. This is because the Mux BBC-A is moving from channel 61 to channel 49 to make room for the new 4G mobile phone service.
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Freeview Retune 17 October 2012
On Wednesday, 17th October, there will be another Freeview Retune Day. This is a leftover from some events that should have happened last month. This is what is happening:
Assuming you may not be interested in the Adult channels (!), only equipment with a high defintion tuner need be retuned this time. As Sky lost its battle not to have its News station moved, there is likely to be a further adjustment to News and Children's stations at some point in the future. In the meantime, here is the situation resulting from the September and the October changes.
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- HD channels will move from LCNs 50 - 54 to LCNs 101 onward.
- Adult channels will move from LCNs 90-100 to LCN 171 onward.
Assuming you may not be interested in the Adult channels (!), only equipment with a high defintion tuner need be retuned this time. As Sky lost its battle not to have its News station moved, there is likely to be a further adjustment to News and Children's stations at some point in the future. In the meantime, here is the situation resulting from the September and the October changes.
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Channel Number
|
Channel
Name
|
Hours
|
|
From 19th
Sept
|
From
17th
Oct
|
GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT CHANNELS
|
|
001
|
001
|
BBC One
|
|
002
|
002
|
BBC Two
|
|
003
|
003
|
ITV1/STV/UTV
|
|
004
|
004
|
Channel 4 / S4C Wales
|
|
005
|
005
|
Channel 5
|
|
006
|
006
|
ITV2
|
|
007
|
007
|
BBC Three
|
1858-0530
|
008
|
008
|
Wales: Channel 4, Scotland: BBC Alba
From 2013 in England and Northern Ireland: Local TV
|
Various
|
009
|
009
|
BBC Four
|
1858-0530
|
010
|
010
|
ITV3
Available via relays on the
Channel Islands
|
|
011
|
011
|
PICK TV
|
|
012
|
012
|
Dave
|
|
013
|
013
|
Channel 4+1
|
|
014
|
014
|
More 4
|
|
015
|
015
|
Film 4
|
1100-0500
|
016
|
016
|
QVC
|
|
017
|
017
|
Really
|
|
018
|
018
|
4Music
|
|
019
|
019
|
Yesterday
|
|
020
|
020
|
GOLD (Top Up TV)
|
1100-1400 Mo-Th, 1200-1400 Fr
|
021
|
021
|
VIVA
|
|
022
|
022
|
Ideal World
|
0500-0000
|
023
|
023
|
Bid
|
|
024
|
024
|
ITV4
|
|
025
|
025
|
Dave Ja Vu
|
0200-0400
|
026
|
026
|
Home
|
1100-1200 Friday
|
027
|
027
|
ITV2+1
|
|
028
|
028
|
E4
Not on relays in Wales
|
|
029
|
029
|
E4+1
|
|
030
|
030
|
5*
|
0600-0000
|
031
|
031
|
5 USA
|
0600-0400
|
032
|
032
|
Big Deal
|
0300-0500
|
033
|
033
|
ITV1+1, STV+1, UTV+1
|
|
034
|
034
|
ESPN
|
Various
|
035
|
035
|
QVC Beauty
|
0800-1300
|
036
|
036
|
Create and Craft
|
0600-2200
|
037
|
037
|
Price Drop
|
0800-0200
|
038
|
038
|
Quest
|
|
039
|
039
|
The Zone
|
1800-0600
|
040
|
040
|
Rocks & Co 1
|
1300-1800
|
041
|
041
|
Sky Sports 1 (BT/Top Up TV)
|
|
042
|
042
|
Sky Sports 2 (BT/Top Up TV)
|
|
043
|
043
|
Gems TV
|
|
044
|
044
|
Channel 5+1
|
|
045
|
045
|
Reserved for local TV services in Scotland and Wales
|
|
046
|
046
|
Challenge
|
|
047
|
047
|
4seven (not pre-switchover stage 2)
|
|
048
|
048
|
Food Network UK
|
|
049
|
049
|
The Jewellery Channel
|
0600-0000
|
FREEVIEW
HD CHANNELS
The following channels require a Freeview HD certified receiver:
|
|||
050
|
101
|
BBC ONE HD
|
|
051
|
103
|
ITV1 HD/STV HD
(UTV HD expected after NI
switchover)
|
|
052
|
104
|
Channel 4 HD
|
Not Wales
|
053
|
105
|
S4C Clirlun (closing at the
end of November)
|
Wales only
|
054
|
102
|
BBC HD/ BBC TWO HD
|
|
GENERAL ENT (Continued)
|
|||
055
|
055
|
Argos TV (not pre-switchover)
|
1800-2300
|
056
|
051
|
Movies4Men (Manchester only)
|
|
057
|
052
|
Movies4Men+1 (Manchester only)
|
|
058
|
053
|
SONY SAB (Manchester only)
|
|
059
|
054
|
Argos TV 24/7 (Manchester only)
|
|
061
|
050
|
Marketplace
|
0700-1100
|
CHILDREN’S CHANNELS
|
|||
070
|
070
|
CBBC
|
0532-1857
|
071
|
071
|
CBeebies
|
0532-1857
|
072
|
072
|
CITV
|
0600-1800
|
NEWS
CHANNELS
|
|||
080
|
080
|
BBC News Channel
|
|
081
|
081
|
BBC Parliament
|
|
082
|
082
|
Sky News
|
|
083
|
083
|
Al Jazeera English
|
24/7 post switchover
|
---
|
---
|
Al Jazeera 6-8
(service withdrawn) |
---
|
085
|
085
|
Russia Today
|
|
087
|
087
|
Community
|
0500-0800
|
ADULT CHANNELS
|
|||
091
|
170
|
Adult Section
|
|
092
|
171
|
TVX
|
0000-0400
|
093
|
172
|
Smile TV2
|
0000-0500
|
094
|
173
|
Smile TV3
|
2200-0500
|
095
|
174
|
Babestn
|
2300-0445
|
096
|
175
|
PARTY
|
0000-0700
|
097
|
176
|
Blue
|
0400-0500
|
098
|
177
|
Babestn2
|
0500-0600
|
099
|
178
|
PlayboyTVChat
|
0000-0600
|
100
|
199
|
Adult section
|
|
TEXT/DATA SERVICES
|
|||
200
|
200
|
BBC Red Button
|
|
201
|
201
|
Holidays TV
|
|
202
|
202
|
Rabbit
|
|
203
|
203
|
Gay Rabbit
|
|
204
|
204
|
1:1 Dating
|
|
205
|
205
|
Mail Travel TV
|
|
206
|
206
|
Sky Text
|
|
STREAMING CHANNELS
The following channels require a Freeview HD certified receiver and an internet connection:
|
|||
225
|
225
|
VISION
|
|
226
|
226
|
CCTV
|
|
227
|
227
|
Sports Tonight
|
|
228
|
228
|
Christian+
|
|
229
|
229
|
Connect 2
|
|
230
|
230
|
VISION2
|
|
231
|
232
|
Racing UK
|
|
232
|
232
|
The Space
|
|
---
|
233
|
||
234
|
234
|
Connect 4
|
|
235
|
235
|
God TV
|
|
236
|
236
|
Sony SAB
|
|
INTERACTIVE
|
|||
301
|
301
|
BBC Red Button 301
|
|
---
|
---
|
BBC Red Button 302 (Olympics)
|
|
303
| 303 |
303 (DVB-T2 receivers only)
|
|
304
|
304
|
Channel Zero - dormant channel
|
|
305
|
305
|
Top Up TV Anytime 1
|
|
306
|
306
|
Top Up TV Anytime 3
|
|
307
|
307
|
Top Up TV Anytime 5
|
|
308
|
308
|
Top Up TV Anytime 6
|
|
RADIO
|
|||
700
|
700
|
BBC Radio 1
|
|
701
|
701
|
BBC R. 1Xtra
|
|
702
|
702
|
BBC Radio 2
|
|
703
|
703
|
BBC Radio 3
|
|
704
|
704
|
BBC Radio 4
|
|
705
|
705
|
BBC Radio 5 Live
|
|
706
|
706
|
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
|
|
707
|
707
|
BBC Radio 6 Music
|
|
708
|
708
|
BBC Radio 4 extra
|
|
709
|
709
|
BBC Asian Network
|
|
710
|
710
|
BBC World Service
|
|
711
|
711
|
The Hits
|
|
712
|
712
|
Smash Hits
|
|
713
|
713
|
KISS
|
|
714
|
714
|
Heat
|
|
715
|
715
|
Magic
|
|
716
|
716
|
Q
|
|
717
|
717
|
Smooth Radio
|
|
719
|
719
|
BBC Radio Scotland (SCO)
BBC Radio Wales (WAL)
BBC Radio Ulster (NI)
|
|
720
|
720
|
BBC Radio Nan Gaidhael (SCO)
BBC Radio Cymru (WAL)
BBC Radio Foyle (NI)
|
|
722
|
722
|
Kerrang!
|
|
723
|
723
|
TalkSPORT
|
|
724
|
724
|
Capital FM
|
|
725
|
725
|
Premier
|
|
726
|
726
|
U105 (Northern Ireland)
|
|
727
|
727
|
Absolute Radio
|
|
728
|
728
|
Heart
|
|
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