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On HD boxes, HD channels are generally given precedence over the SD counterpart (though this does not apply in all regions of the UK in some cases). For this article, it is assumed that the subscriber has a Sky+ HD or Sky Q box but does not subscribe to the HD pack.
Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc [2] and now owned by Everyone TV (itself owned by all of the four UK public service broadcasters, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5).
There are four major forms of digital television (DTV) broadcast in the United Kingdom: a direct-to-home satellite service from the Astra 28.2°E satellites provided by Sky UK, a cable television service provided by Virgin Media (known as Virgin TV); a free-to-air satellite service called Freesat; and a free-to-air digital terrestrial service called Freeview.
Channel Name Logo Subsidiary SD HD +1 Streaming Freeview [2] Freesat [3] Sky [4] Virgin TV [5]; Channel 4: Channel Four Television Free-to-air Channel 4: Free-to-air a: Player
However, ITV HD could be tuned in manually on Sky HD boxes via the "other channels" section from the "services" menu. On 12 March 2010, ITV plc announced its intention to launch a full-time ITV1 HD service, available on Freeview, Freesat, Virgin Media, and Sky. [14] The service launched on 2 April at 06:00.
On 28 September 2010, Electra Entertainment – a UK-based IPTV service provider, complained to media regulator Ofcom that YouView would "damage" the UK's interactive TV sector. [81] Electra at the time developed an IPTV platform called Trove which brought media services to the TV screen through Tesco -branded Freeview set top boxes.