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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed it will progress with plans to allow Ofcom to renew licences for local TV channels and the local TV Freeview multiplex.
Key decisions have been made on the future use of frequencies used for terrestrial TV, including Freeview in the UK and Saorview in the Republic of Ireland.
ITV effectively withdraws two timeshift services from the Freeview channel line-up.
A full version of the GREAT! Player streaming service has now arrived on Freeview Play and YouView following the earlier launch of a red button service.
Two news channels disappeared from Freeview’s streaming service without notice this week, with Nigeria’s Arise News currently unavailable anywhere on UK platforms and Ofcom-banned CGTN losing Freeview loophole.
Freeview users have been notified of a number of channel changes as the platform completes its channel update for November.
Delegates from around the world are now meeting Dubai to discuss the normally dry subject of international frequency allocations. This time the remaining frequencies allocated to terrestrial TV are up for debate.
An international conference that will determine if Freeview and other digital terrestrial television services can continue broadcasting beyond 2030 has…
AMC Networks UK is refreshing its channel portfolio with changes to a number of its services coming this November.
An exodus of smaller channels this year has left the bottom of Freeview’s channel list full of gaps.