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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 is broadcast in 1080i (Sky+HD, Freesat, Sky Q) or 1080p (Sky Q) HD. Channel 4 Channel is broadcast in 16:9 SD unless stated. Channel 4 +1 Channel is a 1-hour time shift of the main channel and is broadcast in 16:9 SD. Regions CI Channel Islands Eng England (including Channel Islands and Isle of Man unless stated) NI Northern Ireland Scot
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.
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.
Scripps News – A 24-hour news and documentary channel originally founded in 2008 as Newsy, operating as a syndication business that was acquired in 2014 by the E. W. Scripps Company; Scripps converted the brand into a cable channel operating on the former channel space ot Retirement Living TV in 2017, and relaunched it as an over-the-air ...
It must carry ITV (TV network), Channel 4 and, since 2009, Channel 5. [4] Prior to 2010, 3% of the capacity was allocated to Teletext Ltd for interactive services. [ 5 ] Digital 3&4 has used the rest of the multiplex's capacity to broadcast other channels from their parent companies or other broadcasters who pay Digital 3&4 a fee.
The YouView hardware is a digital terrestrial television DVB-T2 HD set-top box that provides viewing and recording of all free-to-air channels available on digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom.
Channel 4's entertainment channel E4 had up until this time been broadcast as part of the Top Up TV package, and at this time it was decided that E4 would be made free-to-air, as well as being available on Freeview along with E4 +1 which was launched at the same time in the newly acquired stream.