Freeview Station Line-up after 19 Sep 2012

001 BBC One

002 BBC Two

003 ITV1

004 Channel 4

005 Channel 5

006 ITV2

007 BBC Three

008 Local TV (in England and Northern Ireland)

009 BBC Four

010 ITV3

011 PICK TV

012 Yesterday

013 Channel 4+1

014 More 4

015 Film 4

016 QVC

017 GOLD (Top Up TV)

018 4 Music

019 Dave

020 Really 

021 VIVA

022 Ideal World

023 bid

024 ITV4

025 Dave Ja Vu

026 Home (Top Up TV)

027 ITV2+1

028 E4

029 E4+1

030 5*

031 5USA 

032 Big Deal

033 ITV1+1

034 ESPN

035 QVC Beauty

036 Create & Craft

037 Price Drop

038 Quest

039 The Zone

040 Rocks and Co 1

041 Sky Sports 1 (Top Up TV and BT Vision)

042 Sky Sports 2 (Top Up TV and BT Vision)

043 Gems TV

044 Channel 5+1

045 Local TV (Scotland and Wales)

046 Challenge

047 4Seven

048 Food Network UK

049 The Jewellery Channel

(100: Navigation Page)

HD
101 BBC One HD (DVB-T2 tuners only)

102 BBC HD (DVB-T2 tuners only) - to become BBC Two HD later in the year

103 ITV1 HD (DVB-T2 tuners only)

104 Channel 4 HD (DVB-T2 tuners only)

CHILDREN

121 CBBC 

122 CBeebies

123 CITV

NEWS

131 BBC News

132 BBC Parliamant

133 Sky News [Remaining on 82 initially owing to Sky dispute]

134 Al Jazeera 6-8

135 Al Jazeera English

136 Russia Today

137 Community
final allocations pending agreement with the channel operators in this section

ADULT

170 Adult Section bookend

171 ADULT TVX

172 ADULT SmileTV2

173 ADULT SmileTV3

174 ADULT Babestn

175 ADULT Party

176 ADULT Blue

177 ADULT Babestn2

178 ADULT Playboy

199 Adult Section bookend

TEXT

200 BBC Red Button

201 Teletext Hols (until end of Sept)

202 Rabbit

203 GayRabbit

204 1-2-1 Dating

205 Mail Travel

206 Sky Text

MHEG-IC TV Services

225 VISION

226 CCTV

227 SPORTS

228 Connect 1 (Christian+)

229 Connect 2

230 Connect 3 (Arabic & Islamic)

231 Racing UK

232 The Space

RED BUTTON, INTERACTIVE AND DATA SERVICES

301 BBC Red Button 301

302 BBC Red Button 302 (hypothetically)

304 Channel Zero

305 Top Up TV Anytime 1

306 Top Up TV Anytime 3

307 Top Up TV Anytime 5

308 Top Up TV Anytime 6

IP DELIVERED SERVICES

400- 499 Reserved for IP/Freeview hybrid boxes, such as YouView.

Services will only appear in this range if a consumer has a suitable box.

RADIO

700 BBC Radio 1

701 BBC 1Xtra

702 BBC Radio 2

703 BBC Radio 3

704 BBC Radio 4

705 BBC Radio 5 Live

706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

707 BBC Radio 6 Music

708 BBC Radio 4 Extra

709 BBC Asian Network

710 BBC World Service

711 The Hits

712 Smash Hits

713 Kiss

714 Heat

715 Magic

716 Q

718 Smooth

722 Kerrang!

723 TalkSport

724 Capital FM

725 Premier

727 Absolute

728 Heart

Freeview Changes September 2012

There will be further changes to the Freeview line-up of television stations on the 19th September, 2012.

There will be an additional station on LCN 8 (the number you press on your remote for the station). That will provide local services, though there may be a little wait for those to appear in this area.

High Definition Stations will change their Logical Channel Numbers (LCNs), starting at 101 instead of their current numbers starting at 50. Other channel blocks will change as shown below. This will bring the numbering pattern more into line with those of Freesat.

A new Freeview Information Station will also be added.

Details:

• LCN 8:  (England and Northern Ireland) will become the slot for “local TV”. We can expect up to 21 local TV services in the UK
• LCN 100: Will become a Freeview information page
• LCNs 101 to 120: The Freeview HD stations. There are only 4 on Freeview at the moment, but there are now slots available for up to 20
• LCNs 121-130: Children’s stations
• LCNs 131 to 150: News stations
• LCNs 171 to 198: Adult stations
• LCNs 200 to 224: The Text-based stations
• LCNs 225 to 299: MHEG content services
• LCNs 400 to 499: Slots for Internet-enabled TV sets

LCNs used for services like Top Up TV (300+) and radio (700+) won’t change.

Here's the important bit: to receive all these changes you will need to carry out another retune on the 19th September. No doubt on-screen warnings will be issued nearer the time and afterwards. Remember, you cannot capture these changes by retuning before the event but can do so at any time after the event.