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News and guides covering digital satellite television channels and platforms in the UK and Ireland, including Sky and Freesat.
A new agreement between UKTV and satellite operator SES will ensure Sky and Freesat viewers in the UK and Ireland will continue to be able to access a number of channels until the end of the decade.
Standard definition BBC channels on satellite will close next year as part of an HD switchover across all BBC channels and regions.
Satellite viewers will continue to be able to watch QVC in the UK and Ireland, after a multi-year contract renewal was signed between QVC and satellite operator SES.
For the first time, three of Sky’s own-brand channels are only available to viewers in high definition, 16 years after the pay TV company first launched its HD service.