Sky has confirmed these channels will no longer be part of a viewer’s satellite TV subscription. The three HD channels originally launched exclusive to pay TV.
It’s twenty years since the launch of Freeview in the UK. Despite its limited capacity, the platform has seen a whole array of channels launch in a blaze of publicity …only to fail miserably.
Lifestyle and social channel Together is once again available on Freeview through the day without an internet connection. Meanwhile, a new streaming channel joins the platform.
Some of the BBC’s HD channels on Freeview Play have moved to new channel numbers, if you have a TV or set-top-box that supports a recently introduced new function.
Freeview viewers can now access to over a hundred extra TV and radio services from around the world thanks to the expansion of streaming channels on the Freeview TV guide.
Millions of Sky, Freesat and Virgin Media viewers in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland will receive Channel 4 in High Definition by default on channel 104 following a major reconfiguration.
Both BBC Four HD and CBeebies HD were originally suspended on Freeview at the end of June. Now, more viewers than ever can access the high definition channels.
Users of Sky’s all-in-one TV will be able to access some channels on new numbers. At the same time, additional international channels are now available on Sky Glass.
Trace Xmas is the first Christmas themed channel to go live, becoming the earliest ever Christmas channel.
BT’s latest update removes the need for its TV customers to have a TV aerial to use its service. Viewers will be able to access a greater number of HD channels. But there’s a catch.