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Freeview Channel Change Day 2017 announced
A number of major channel number changes are to take place in August, with viewers using Freeview, YouView (BT TV, TalkTalk TV, Plusnet TV), EE TV and the Now TV Smart Box affected by the changes.
During the afternoon of Wednesday 2nd August 2017, news, children's, text, streamed and adult channels will be moving to new numbers.
Viewers will need to retune on this day to ensure they have the most up-to-date channel list, although some devices, such as YouView and Freeview Play receivers should be able to process the changes automatically.
Entertainment and shopping channels will be given more space to expand, with the channel range extending from channel 1-99 and 140-199.
- Children's channels, currently reserved slots between channels 120-129 and 95-99 will move to a new joint range from 200-229.
- News channels, currently allocated channel numbers between 130-149 will move up to 230-249.
- Text services, currently broadcast from channel 200, move to channel 250-259.
- Streamed channels, currently reserved slots between 225 and 299 will be shuffled up and start on channel 260.
- Channels 670-699 will be reserved for adult services, with additional markers at the top end to increase the number of clicks a BBC Radio 1 listeners would need to jump from channel 700 to a live adult channel.
Services for BT, TalkTalk, Plusnet TV and EE TV users in the 300-599 range remain unchanged.
For future developments, channels 610 to 669 will be reserved for standard definition TV simulcasts, should in the future HD channels be given more prominent channel numbers. In the meantime, HD channels will continue to be broadcast on their existing channel numbers, with Freeview continuing to offer all main five channels in HD from channel 101 to 105 - the only digital TV provider to offer this.
As has happened on previous occasions, individual channel operators may choose the channel change day to implement further changes and reshuffles among their families of channels, but such information will usually be confirmed closer to the day, or on the day itself.
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with these changes taking place very soon is there any news on new channels being added to the freeview ship if so ......??
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not that I am aware of I think its more a question of freeing up space for when they do add more channels
CHANGES TO COME:
Please note that broadcasters do not always provide advance notice of changes, Dates may change as a result of delays.
•Until 4th October 2017: Freeview frequency changes as a result of 700MHz clearance in Northern Scotland.
•19th September 2017: New Freeview filler from Whitehawk Hill transmitter to improve local reception.
•TBC: ITV Anglia (East) HD, ITV Tyne Tees HD, ITV Yorkshire (West) HD, ITV Border HD, ITV Westcountry HD - already broadcasting on Sky and Freesat, but currently not available on Freeview. ITV HD Channel Islands. Licensed but not on air.
•TBC: Ex-BBC Three HD capacity for sale, creating space for a new HD channel from 9pm - 7am.
•Expected: CCTV streamed channel expected to change to CGTN to match recent on-screen rebrand.
•DTT licences awarded for Horse and Country (streamed), Quest+2, Tubed TV for future Freeview launches. (Source: Ofcom).
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the 700MHz changes in NE Scotland are going to see about 50% of boxes not being able to work,##
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