Last updated: 01/06/2021
Freeview channel updates
Keep up to date with the latest Freeview channel changes.
Channel availability is subject to location and equipment. Older Freeview TVs and boxes will not receive some services. Some changes take place with little or no notice. This page is usually updated within 48 hours of a change.
1st June 2021
- Channel 89 | Court TV (COM7) closed. Will be completely removed on 22nd June 2021.
25th May 2021
- Channel 33 | Sony Movies renamed GREAT! movies
- Channel 41 | Sony Movies Action renamed GREAT! movies action (not from Welsh transmitters)
- Channel 49 | Sony Channel renamed GREAT! tv (only available in some regions)
- Channel 51 | Sony Movies Classic renamed GREAT! movies classic (only available in some regions)
- Channel 60 | Sony Movies+1 renamed GREAT! movies+1 (only available in some regions)
- Channel 61 | Sony Channel+1 renamed GREAT! tv+1 (Manchester only)
- Channel 62 | Sony Movies Classic+1 renamed GREAT! movies classic+1 (Manchester only)
28th April 2021
- Channel 76 | Now 70s moves from channel 75. Multiplex move from G_MAN to COM7. Takes old Now 80s slot for viewers who haven’t retuned.
- Channel 75 | Now 80s moves from channel 76. Multiplex move from COM7 to G_MAN and is available in Manchester only.
- Channel 236 | GB News Placeholder [COM6/ArqB].
1st April 2021
- Channel 83 | Together+1 removed [COM7].
- Channel 85 | Hochanda is now Craft Store TV [COM5/ArqA].
15th February 2021
- Channel 83 | Together+1 ceases broadcasts [COM7].
- Channel 89 | Court TV launches [COM7].
1st February 2021
- Channel 73 | CCXTV is replaced by Drama+1 [COM4/SDN].
- Channel 75 | NOW 70s moves from channel 78 [Manchester multiplex].
- Channel 76 | NOW 80s moves from channel 83 [COM7].
- Channel 78 | NOW 90s moves from channel 84 [Manchester multiplex].
- Channel 79 | Clubland TV moves from channel 82 [Manchester multiplex].
- Channel 82 | Together TV moves from channel 87 [COM5/ArqA].
- Channel 83 | Together TV+1 moves from channel 88 [COM7].
- Channel 84 | PBS America moves from channel 91 [COM6/ArqB].
- Channel 87 | PBS America+1 moves from channel 93 [COM7].
- Channel 88 | Country Music Entertainment moves from channel 98 [Manchester only].
5th January 2021
- Channel 7/8 | That’s Christmas reverts back to That’s TV (Blackpool & Preston, Cambridge, Carlisle, Grimsby, Guildford, Manchester, Norwich, Oxford, Salisbury, Scarborough, Solent, Swansea, Thames Valley, York) or That’s TV Scotland (Aberdeen, Ayr, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow) [Local multiplex]
- Channel 51 | Sony Movies Christmas reverts back to Sony Movies Classic [Local multiplex]
- Channel 62 | Sony Movies Xmas+1 reverts back to Sony Movies Classic+1 [Manchester multiplex]
- Channel 83 | NOW Xmas reverts back to NOW 80s [COM7].
- Channel 84 | NOW 80s reverts back to NOW 90s [Manchester multiplex]
- Channel 99 | Manchester TV launches [Manchester multiplex]
- Channel 261 | Racing TV removed [COM4/SDN]
- Channel 795 | Arqiva Test Channel removed [COM4/SDN]
7th December 2020
- Channel 23 | Dave Ja Vu moves from channel 79 [COM6/ArqB]. CCXTV moves to channel 73.
- Channel 71 | Jewellery Maker moves from channel 73 [COM6/ArqB].
- Channel 72 | Shopping Quarter moves from channel 74 [COM7].
- Channel 73 | CCXTV moves from channel 23 [COM4/SDN]. Jewellery Maker moves to channel 71.
- Channel 74 | Yesterday+1 moves from channel 75 [COM5/ArqA]. Shopping Quarter moves to channel 72.
19th November 2020
- Channel 83 | NOW 80s becomes NOW XMAS [COM7].
- Channel 84 | NOW 90s becomes NOW 80s [Manchester multiplex].
17th November 2020
- Channel 100 | POP Player New App added to Freeview Play. Compatible devices only.
12th November 2020
- Channel 7/8 | That’s TV and That’s TV Scotland become That’s Christmas (Blackpool & Preston, Cambridge, Carlisle, Grimsby, Guildford, Manchester, Norwich, Oxford, Salisbury, Scarborough, Solent, Swansea, Thames Valley, York) Scotland (Aberdeen, Ayr, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow) [Local multiplex]
4th November 2020
- Channels 24-54 | All channels in this range (i.e. ITV4 to 5SELECT and all services inbetween) move down the channel list by one channel number to channels 25 to 55.
- Channel 24 | BBC Four moves from channel 55 in Scotland only [PSB1/BBC-A].
29th October 2020
- Channel 555 | Accessible TV Guide [HbbTV app] has launched [PSB2/D3&4]
27th October 2020
- Channel 57 | ITVBe+1 moves from channel 97 [COM4/SDN].
- Channel 68 | Horror Channel moves from channel 70 [COM4/SDN]
- Channel 69 | Quest+1 moves from channel 76 [COM5/ArqA]
- Channel 70 | Quest Red+1 moves from channel 72 [COM7].
24th September 2020
- Channel 50 | Sony Movies Classic becomes Sony Movies Christmas [Local multiplex]
- Channel 62 | Sony Movies Classic+1 becomes Sony Movies Xmas+1 [Manchester multiplex]
17th September 2020
- Channel 11 | Sky Arts launches [COM5/ArqA]. Pick has moved to channel 34.
- Channel 34 | Pick moves from channel 11 [COM5/ArqA]. Merit has been removed from Freeview.
- Channel 55 | BBC Four moves from channel 68 in Scotland only [PSB1/BBC-A].
- Channel 56 | Smithsonian Channel moves from channel 57 [COM5/ArqA].
- Channel 87 | Together TV moves from channel 88 [COM5/ArqA].
- Channel 88 | Together TV+1 moves from channel 89 [COM7]. Together has moved to channel 87.
- Channel 555 | Accessible TV Guide has been added, but not yet launched [PSB2/D3&4].