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This is a list of the current channels available on digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the United Kingdom, and those that have been removed.. Almost all channels broadcast on DTT are free-to-air, with a limited number of subscription channels (requiring a subscription to a pay-TV package) and pay-per-view channels (requiring a one-off payment to view an event) also available.
Channel Name Subsidiary SD HD +1 Streaming Freeview [2] Freesat [3] Sky [4] Virgin TV [5] Xpanded TV Txt Me TV Ltd. Free-to-air Manual Free-to-air The Adult Channel: Playboy Enterprises Premium Babes & Brazzers Pay-per-view Babenation: Cellcast Group Free-to-air Manual Free-to-air Premium SmileTV3 Television X: Portland TV Premium TVX 40+
The Freeview service underwent a major upgrade on 30 September 2009, which required 18 million households to retune their Freeview receiving equipment. [9] The changes, meant to ensure proper reception of Channel 5, led to several thousand complaints from people who lost channels (notably ITV3 and ITV4) as a result of retuning their equipment.
BSkyB launches SkyDigital, now marketed as Sky TV, the UK's first digital satellite service. Unlike the analogue service, it includes an Electronic Programme Guide, interactive TV and text services, widescreen picture format from certain channels , audio description and near video-on-demand pay-per-view movie channels. This also sees the BBC ...
The majority of digital terrestrial television (DTT) services, including the five former analogue channels, are broadcast free-to-air, and a further selection of encrypted pay TV services (such as Racing TV) are also available. Freeview is the only DTT service since Top Up TV closed in 2013. The digital broadcasting technology adopted in the UK ...
In the UK, as well as on Freeview, satellite and cable services, the BBC's licence-funded television channels and their programmes can be watched live and on demand via BBC iPlayer. They can also be seen in Ireland and some parts of mainland Europe.
In July 2014, Channel 4 +1 HD and 4seven HD services became available on the Freeview HD platform. Channel 4's carriage agreements with Sky TV and Virgin Media mean that Film4 HD and E4 HD are exclusive to those providers for the immediate future. However, they may appear on Freeview once those agreements lapse.
All HD channels in the UK broadcast at 1080i, apart from Sky Sports Main Event UHD channel and the BT Sport Ultimate 4K. [ 1 ] HD channels can dynamically switch between 1080i/25 and 1080p /25 when broadcast via Freeview HD.