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List of channels on Freeview
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This is a list of the channels on Freeview. Currently there are 46 television channels, and 27 radio channels. A full list of digital terrestrial television channels in the UK is also available, which includes the additional Top Up TV services.
Contents |
- BBC One (regional variations)
- BBC Two (regional variations)
- ITV1, STV or UTV [1]
- Channel 4 (except Wales) or S4C Digidol (Wales only)
- Five
- ITV2
- BBC Three
- Channel 4 (Wales only) or TeleG (Scotland only)
- BBC Four
- ITV3
- Sky Three
- UKTV History
- More4
- E4
- ABC1† (not available in Wales)
- QVC (reduced hours in Wales)
- The Hits
- UKTV Bright Ideas
- Ftn
- TMF
- Ideal World
- bid tv (reduced hours in Wales)
- price-drop tv
- ITV4
- Film4
- E4+1
- ITV2+1
- Film4+1
- Five US
- Five Life
- SmileTV
- CBBC Channel
- CBeebies
- CITV Channel
- BBC News 24
- BBC Parliament
- Sky News
- Sky Sports News
- S4C2 (Wales only)
- Community Channel†
- Teachers' TV†
- Television X† (Pay-per-view)
- BBC Radio 1
- BBC 1Xtra
- BBC Radio 2
- BBC Radio 3
- BBC Radio 4 (FM version)
- BBC Radio Five Live
- BBC Five Live Sports Extra
- BBC 6 Music
- BBC 7
- BBC Asian Network
- BBC World Service (English language European version)
- The Hits Radio
- Smash Hits
- Kiss 100
- Heat
- Magic 105.4
- Q
- Oneword
- 102.2 Smooth Radio
- BBC Radio Scotland (MW version; Scotland only), BBC Radio Wales (Wales only) or BBC Radio Ulster (Northern Ireland only)
- BBC Radio nan Gaidheal (Scotland only), BBC Radio Cymru (Wales only) or BBC Radio Foyle¹ (Northern Ireland only)
- Mojo
- Kerrang!
- talkSPORT
- Clyde 1
- Premier Christian Radio
- U105 (Northern Ireland only)
- Virgin Radio
- Heart (England, Wales and Southern Scotland only) [2]
- Radio Music Shop (England, Wales and Southern Scotland only)
† Channel does not broadcast for its full hours on Freeview.
- 3C - Closed on all platforms on 27 March 2007 at 5pm, replaced immediately by Clyde 1
- ITV Play - Closed on all platforms on 13 March 2007, replaced on 15 March 2007 by ITV2+1.
- Quiz Call - Channel 4 owned Quiz channel sold to iTouch and closed on 15 November and replaced, temporarily, by Film4+1.
- YooPlay Games (previously Free2Play then F2P Games) - closed 18 July 2006, space leased to SMG plc for Virgin Radio, which launched the same day.
- More4+1 - 1 hour timeshift of More4, removed on 18 May 2006, replaced by Big Brother Interactive Channel, which in turn was replaced by Film4 on 23 July 2006.
- Men & Motors - Removed in April 2006, replaced by ITV Play, itself removed in March 2007.
- ITV News Channel - Hours reduced in November 2005 to make room for ITV4; removed and shut down a month later to provide space for CITV
- Sky Travel - Replaced on Freeview in October 2005 by new channel Sky Three
- Jazz FM - Replaced by 102.2 Smooth FM in June 2005, then by 102.2 Smooth Radio in March 2007.
- Teletext TV Guide - TV Guide section of Teletext removed 2004 for the addition of Teletext Cars.
- TV Travel Shop - Space bought out by Top Up TV in January 2004, now hosts Top Up TV encrypted channels. Channel shut down.
- CBM - Never launched; tested in May to August 2003, before termination of contract.
- NTL - Two day TV guide removed in Summer 2003
- ^ ITV1 is the brand name for 12 of the 15 regional ITV Network franchises for England, Wales, southern Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Each of these 12 franchises has a separate brand name used prior to local programming, see ITV1. STV is the brand name for the franchises for central and northern Scotland. UTV operates the franchise for Northern Ireland. All 15 franchises broadcast their services between 09:25 and 06:00. GMTV operates the franchise for national breakfast television and operates between 06:00 and 09:25.
- ^ Heart 106.2 London available in all transmission areas of England, Wales and Southern Scotland with the exception of Heart 106, which is available in the East Midlands, and 100.7 Heart FM which is broadcast in the West Midlands.