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Virgin 1 becomes Channel One

On the 3rd of September, free-to-view channel Virgin 1 gets a new name… Channel One. The reason for the name change is that Sky recently acquired a number of Virgin Media-owned TV channels, including...

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ITV1 +1 launches today

ITV1 + 1 launches today, the 11th of January 2011. This timeshifted service of the main ITV channel becomes available from 8pm this evening, on the following channel numbers: Freeview  – Channel 33 Sky...

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Sky3 to become Pick TV

Sky’s non-subscription channel Sky3 is set to become Pick TV on the 28th of February 2011 We understand that the mix of programmes on the new channel will remain generally the same, but the Sky name...

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Challenge Quiz Channel Added to Freeview

The quiz channel Challenge has been added to the Freeview channel lineup today, 31st January 2011. Challenge, broadcasting  such shows as  Catchphrase,  Crystal Maze Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and...

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Channel One Ceases Broadcasting

Channel One is no more. Channel owners BSkyB pulled the plug on the channel in the early hours of the 1st of February 2011, as part of a number of branding changes for the Sky portfolio of channels....

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TView Launches on Freeview

A movie service called TView has launched on Freeview. The service appears on Freeview Channel 32 (labelled as Big Deal), and is a per-per-view movie service. It runs from 6pm to 5am. The Movie lineup...

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Kent and Sussex Switchover dates announced

Dates have now been announced for much of Southern England’s digital TV switchover. Key dates for those in the Meridian TV region have been announced as follows: Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey – 8 Feb...

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New Freeview Channel: Really

We’re shortly to see a new Freeview channel appear, and for once it’s not a shopping channel or a Babestation service. Really! TV company UKTV already offers Dave and Yesterday on Freeview, and it has...

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Freeview Interference Forecast from 2013

Up to 760,000 homes in the UK may find that they start to experience interference to Freeview from 2013, according to a report from OfCom. As you’re probably aware, the UK Digital Switchover is set to...

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Vision, Connect and Stream coming to Freeview

We’re getting a number of enquiries about the mysterious appearance of three new channels on Freeview: Channel 110 – Vision Channel 111 – Connect Channel 112 – Stream The on-screen caption reports that...

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Freeview News: The Zone, Channel 5 HD and Channel 5 +1

Some 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...

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All change for Top Up TV

This month sees a few changes to the Top Up TV service, and we’re guessing a lot of customers aren’t going to be happy. If you have Top Up TV, you’ll need to rescan your box to make sure you can...

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Free ESPN Weekend On The Way

Sports channel ESPN will be making its channel available to everyone for free, for one weekend in February. Between 6am on the morning of Friday 3rd February 2012, and 6am on Monday the 6th February...

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Nearly a million need a Freeview filter

It seems that around 900,000 homes may need to get a special filter to be able to keep on watching Freeview from 2013. We first reported on this story in June 2011 (Freeview Interference Forecast),...

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Promise – The Ultimate Freeview PVR?

The PVR is the best thing to hit the TV scene since the end of Crossroads. It’s changed the way we watch our TV, and whether you have a Sky+, Virgin Tivo, BT Vision or one of the many Freeview and...

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YouView Boxes Now Available

Finally, YouView boxes are now available, but at £299, we’re not sure how many folk will be dashing out this weekend to buy one. The first box to be released is the Humax DTR-T1000, and here’s what it...

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Freeview Reshuffle Planned For September

Freeview viewers can expect a re-shuffle of some of the TV channel numbers on the 19th of September 2012, it’s been revealed Here is a summary of the changes: Channel 8:  (England and Northern Ireland)...

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Freeview Channel changes in August 2012

News of a few minor changes to the Freeview Channel lineup in the last few days: Vanished Channels The following two channels have disappeared: Channel 62 – TV Stars Channel 90 – TV News These two...

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All change for Freeview between 2014 and 2018

Now, we don’t want to worry you, but there’s a danger that there’ll be some Freeview hassle to look forward to in 2018. OK, so this is a long way off, but we thought we’d give you as much advance...

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BT Vision to offer 11 extra channels

BT Vision users, or those with new YouView boxes from BT, are in for a bunch of new channels “soon” Various announcements over the last few weeks have show that BT has been putting in a lot of legwork...

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