BBC confirms plans for HD switch, with an information campaign set to inform viewers on how the changes will affect them.
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Standard definition BBC channels on satellite will close next year as part of an HD switchover across all BBC channels and regions.
A week after going free-to-air on satellite, Freesat customers can now access ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 in HD. But users with series links may need to take action.
Users of second generation Freesat Humax boxes, sold between 2012 and 2018, will lose the ITV Hub on 28th September.
Following the end of the 2022 Wimbledon Finals, the BBC has reconfigured its red button service for UK viewers on Sky and Freesat.
The BBC’s Red Button service will be expanded on satellite to provide additional coverage of summer events, including Wimbledon.
Ofcom has found the lack of subtitles following an incident at Channel 4’s playout centre resulted in the broadcasting breaching its licence terms.
Ahead of the rollout of BBC One’s regional HD service on Sky and Freesat, the last part of BBC Two’s HD upgrade is preparing to complete.
TalkTV, the news and opinion channel featuring Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and Tom Newton-Dunn will appear on the Sky satellite channel list ahead of its end of April launch.
UKTV’s entertainment channel W will become available on both Freeview and Freesat on Monday 28th March 2022.