Ofcom says Freeview will launch a High Definition service in 2009. ITV has committed to peak-time broadcasts in HD; Channel 4 says its entire 4HD service will be available, while BBC is yet to make an announcement.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7675785.stm
Receiving this service will of course require a HD-ready TV, and a new Freeview STB. Sickening news for all those people who have bought a Freeview-integrated HDTV that only has a SD Freeview tuner built in.
What they're not trumpeting so loudly is the major shake-up of the multiplexes that will be required to make room for this. It's the beginning of the end, I tells ya ...