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TV News 2 added to Freeview

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:13:48 +0000

New addition to the Freeview lineup. TV News 2 has appeared on Channel 90, joining TV News on Channel 89.

These two channels appear to offer entertainment news and movie clips. The channels are operated by the Cellcast Group, who also run the Babestation and Smile TV channels.

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Ideal Extra launches on Freeview 03 March 2010

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:48:51 +0000

New channel Ideal Extra is set to launch on Freeview Channel 41 from Wednesday the 3rd of March.

This new shopping channel will concentrate on Home and Garden, as is expected to broadcast from 9am to midnight.

Ideal Shopping already operate two shopping channels on Freeview, Ideal World (Freeview channel 22) and Create and Craft (Freeview channel 36)

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HD Channels added to Freeview Lineup

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:42:00 +0000

Two new channels have just been added to Freeview, to co-incide with today’s launch of Freeview HD:

BBC HD – Channel 50
ITV1 HD – Channel 51 (due to launch in 2010)

These have been added to the lineup for Crystal Palace, London. We also expect these to be added to Winter Hill (Manchester/Granada) shortly.

As a reminder, there are no Freeview HD receivers on the market in the UK capable of watching Freeview HD.

More Freeview HD

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Babestation 2 on Freeview

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:49:00 +0000

Babestation 2, another jiggly girl channel, has today been added to the Freeview channel lineup.

If this type of channel floats your boat, it’s on Freeview Channel 99.

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TMF rebrands to Viva

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:40:00 +0000

TMF, The Music Factory, on Freeview Channel 21, has today relaunched as “Viva”. The new channel, Viva, is part of the MTV brand, and the channel has been repositioned from a music channel to an entertainment channel.

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Adult channel changes

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:28:00 +0000

Two minor changes in the 90 adult channel range:

Television X changes from Channel 98 to 93

New channel TMTV (Tease Me TV, from Bang Media) joined on Freeview channel 98.

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BBC Red Button Changes

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:42:00 +0000

From the 27th October 2009, the BBC News Multiscreen and the interactive stream (Freeview channel 302) will no longer be available. This is to make room for Freeview HD.

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News appears on Freeview Channel 89

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:32:00 +0000

A placeholder for a new channel, simply called “News”, has just appeared on Freeview Channel 89.

At this time, we have no information on the plan for “news”. Watch this space.

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Retune your Freeview on Wednesday

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:10:00 +0000

In order to continue to get all of your Freeview channels, you’ll need to perform a channel rescan after midday on Wednesday the 30th September 2009.

The changes will allow around half-a-million Freeview users to get Five for the first time. The Quest documentary channel will become available on channel 38, and a number of channels will be changing number, including Price-drop TV, Super Casino, Rocks and Co, Smile TV2, Babestation and Partyland.

You’ll find the new lineup at http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/freeviewchannels.html

Retuning only takes a few minutes, and you do this Freeview’s on-screen menu – look for an option like “Channel setup”, “Tuning”, or “Scan for Channels”.

If you need help rescanning for channels, see the instructions at www.tvretune.co.uk or call the National Freeview Retune helpline on 08456 05 11 22.

More on retuning: http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/freeviewhelp/retune.html

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Babestation joins Freeview

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:24:00 +0000

Babestation has joined Freeview (Channel 42). for those not familiar with Babestation’s format, it consists of scantily-clad women jiggling in response to premium rate text messages and voice calls.

Babestation is on-air from 1am to 6am, sharing with Virgin +1

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Mobilizer text service added

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:52:00 +0000

A placeholder for a new text service, Mobilizer, has appeared on channel 109. The the catch-line “Mobile Fun 4 Everyone”, we don’t have info on what this text service will offer, or when it will launch.

Update: Thanks to Robert N for this update on 06 October 09: “I got Mobilizer on BT Vision last night on Channel 109 when I went down the Menu it said No Information Available so I selected it to see what it would do and after a few minutes a Screen came up Mobilizer Loading and then the main screen came up titled Mobile Fun 4 Everyone TXT Rate it Vote for the girl of your Choice”

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Price Drop TV to return

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:36:00 +0000

Shopping channel Price Drop TV is set to return to Freeview on the 27th of August. The channel vanished in January 2009, but apparently, pressure from viewers has prompted the channel to make a return.

Price Drop TV will be on Freeview channel 43 from 27 August 2009

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Quest TV to launch in September 2009

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:30:00 +0000

After the recent failed launch, Quest, the free documentary channel from Discovery, is set to have another go at launching on Freeview – this time on the 30th of September.

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ESPN on Channel 34

admin — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:52:00 +0000

ESPN is now available on Freeview Channel 34. There are three ways to watch ESPN on this channel:

1. Using BT Vision
2. Using Top Up TV
3. Using a box or TV that has a suitable card slot (such as one used for Setanta)

For full details of the options, see http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/channels/espn.html

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Big Deal comes to Freeview

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:07:00 +0000

Another Quiz channel has joined the Freeview lineup. The channel, Big Deal appeared on Freeview channel 37 today, 15th July.

It appears that the channel will be on-air from 10pm to 5am, sharing time with the new hobby channel Create & Craft.

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Discovery vanishes from Top Up TV

admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:02:00 +0000

Content from Discovery and Discovery Real Time has been removed from the Top Up TV Anytime service as of 7th July 2009. Top Up customers have also recently seen the departure of content from Living, as well as Setanta. Extra content from National Geographic is being provided to fill the Discovery gap.

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Create and Craft comes to Freeview

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Create and Craft will reportedly go live on Freeview channel 36 in July. It’ll be on from 8am to 1pm Monday to Friday.

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Trove placeholder added to Freeview

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:43:00 +0000

A placeholder for a service called Trove has been added to Freeview.

Trove on channel 306 will be an interactive service (games, weather, travel offers and retail).

Rumour has it, a special Trove-enabled Freeview box will be required.

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Setanta Sports goes off-air

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:30:00 +0000

Setanta Sports finally pulled the plug on it’s UK TV operation this evening after numerous financial problems. The UK wing of the firm is no longer trading or broadcasting.

For more information on this, see our Setanta Help and Advice page

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ITV channels may exit Freeview

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:23:00 +0000

Struggling ITV may move ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 from Freeview to subscription services Sky and Virgin. More

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