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STV Player adding 270 hours of content

STV Player has announced five new deals which will see over 120 hours of new content being added to the free UK-wide service in time for Christmas, and an additional 150 hours coming early in the new year. STV’s VoD offering – which is the exclusive home of the Channel 3 network schedule in Scotland […]

December 22, 2020

Ski TV channel launches on Freeview

Ski TV, the snow, ski and snowboard channel which debuted in Australia, has now arrived in the UK via Freeview. Winter sports enthusiasts can now watch a wide range of programming including lifestyle, sport, weather, interviews with athletes, resorts overviews and more. Channelbox is a multi-channel OTT platform available on Freeview 271 and accessible via […]

December 16, 2020

Sony’s POP Player on Freeview Play

OTT services provider Simplestream has extended the reach of Sony’s POP Player to UK connected TV platform Freeview Play, enabling children and families across the UK to watch their favourite POP, Tiny Pop and POP Max shows on-demand, whenever they want. “It’s been a pleasure working with the Sony and Freeview Play teams, to deliver […]

December 2, 2020

Arqiva withdraws from Digital UK shareholding

Digital UK, the joint venture which leads the operations and strategy of UK DTT platform and Freeview service, has confirmed that broadcast network infrastructure and transmission services provider Arqiva will stand down as a shareholder in the Company from March 2021. The remaining shareholders – the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 – will now have […]

December 1, 2020By Colin Mann

TNT launches on Freeview

Gazprom Media Entertainment TV’s flag ship Russian channe,l TNT-International, has expanded its audience in the UK via free-to-air Channelbox on Freeview 271. There are over 300,000 Russian speakers living in the UK and TNT-International  became the first free-to-air Russian channel launched on on the UK Freeview platform. Channelbox is a multi-channel OTT platform available on […]

November 19, 2020

That’s Christmas launches on Freeview

That’s TV, the music TV channel, has rebranded its network to That’s Christmas for the 2020 festive season following its most successful ratings month ever. The rebrand will see festive party music broadcast on channels 7 / 8 of Freeview, across the 20 metro regions in the UK served by That’s TV’s regional Freeview licences. […]

November 12, 2020

Ex-Freesat CEO: FTA rebrand needed

Seasoned broadcast executive Emma Scott, former CEO of UK free-to-air digital satellite platform Freesat and previously responsible for the launch of DTT service Freeview, has suggested that there is an opportunity for a rebrand of such services in the era of multiple streaming services. The UK has connected platforms Freeview Play and YouView in addition […]

November 11, 2020By Colin Mann

Freeview extends Vestel deal

Freeview has renewed its contract with Vestel, the biggest manufacturer of TV sets in Europe, for a further five years. The deal means that the Freeview Play service will have prominence on all new Vestel manufactured TV sets. As well as being Europe’s largest set manufacturer, Vestel is a market leader in the UK, producing […]

November 10, 2020

DTG releases D-Book 12.5

The DTG has released the latest version of the D-Book, the only standard universally deployed in around 6 million TV receivers each year. Created with industry and updated annually, it sets out the technical interoperability requirements for digital terrestrial television in the UK, underpinning Freeview, YouView, Freesat, EE TV, BT TV and TalkTalk TV. Each […]

November 3, 2020

Freeview Play rolls out Accessible TV Guide

Freeview has started the roll-out of its Accessible TV Guide, available on Channel 555 through Freeview Play devices. Freeview says this is the first time that a dedicated solution to make television easily accessible to people with visual or hearing impairments has been made available on a UK TV platform. Freeview’s Accessible TV Guide will […]

October 30, 2020