April / May list update.
Keep up-to-date on the latest news on upcoming channel launches on Freeview, Local TV news and Digital Switchover dates.
NOTE: All the information on this list is subject to change.
Colours on my list are as followed:
BOLD = New.
=== Coming up on Freeview ===
=== April ===
No News...
=== May ===
12th. Argos TV closes today on Freeview Channels 54 (Manchester only) and Channel 55 (UK Wide).
=== Summer ===
Film4 +1 to relaunch on Freeview.
=== June ===
No News...
=== July ===
No News...
=== August ===
No News...
=== September ===
No News...
=== October ===
No News...
=== November ===
No News...
=== December ===
No News...
=== Local TV - Unknown dates ===
-Aberdeen
-Ayr (Kilmarnock)
-Bangor
-Barnstaple (Huntshaw Cross and Barnstaple relay)
-Basingstoke
-Bedford (Sandy)
-Bromsgrove
-Burnley (Nelson, Colne)
-Cambridge
-Carlisle
-Carmarthen
-Derry / Londonderry
-Dover (Parts of Folkestone)
-Dundee (Arbroath, Perth)
-Dundee - Tay Bridge relay
-Elgin - Knockmore
-Falkirk (Stirling)
-Gloucester (Cheltenham)
-Greenock (Dunoon)
-Guildford (Parts of Woking)
-Haverfordwest
-Haywards Heath (Heathfield, Uckfield)
-Hemel Hempstead (Parts of St Albans)
-Hereford
-Inverness
-Keighley
-Kidderminster
-Lancaster (Morecambe, Heysham)
-Limavady (Parts of Ballymoney, parts of Coleraine)
-Luton
-Maidstone
-Malvern
-Middlesbrough (Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees)
-Mold (Denbigh, Ruthin)
-Poole
-Reading
-Reigate (Parts of Crawley)
-Salisbury
-Scarborough
-Shrewsbury - The Wrekin petal 2
-Stoke on Trent (Newcastle under Lyme)
-Stratford upon Avon
-Telford (Telford)
-Tonbridge (Parts of Tunbridge Wells)
-York - Bilsdale petal 2
=== Unknown dates ===
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Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 to stop broadcasting on Freeview.
-An new 6 hour channel will launch - from 6am till midday.
-An new 21 hour channel will launch - from 3am till midnight.
-News and Kids Channels will move to higher Freeview channel numbers.[/B]
-Smooth Radio maybe get rebranded as GOLD Radio on Freeview Channel 718.
-Freeview are making room to launch new channels on Mux SDN and Mux ARQ A.
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The total number of high definition channels on Freeview will increase from four to 14 by the end of 2014 subject to regulatory approval from Ofcom.
-An HD Channel will launch on Freeview in 2013.
=== Ofcom's Local TV licences ===
Here is the names of Local TV licences who has given out and are set to launch on Freeview (And other networks) soon:
=== November 2013 ===
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Made in Leeds (Only in some 'ITV Yorkshire' areas using the Beecroft Hill and Emley Moor Transmitters).
=== No Launch dates ===
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NvTv (Only in 'UTV' areas using the Divis Transmitter).
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City TV Broadcasting (Only in some 'ITV Central' areas using the Sutton C’field and Brierley Hill Transmitters).
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Latest TV (Only in 'ITV Meridian' areas using the Whitehawk Hill Transmitter).
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Made in Bristol (Only in 'ITV West' areas using the Mendip, Kings Weston and Ilchester Cres. Transmitters).
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Made in Cardiff (Only in 'ITV Wales' areas using the Wenvoe Transmitter).
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ETV (Only in 'STV East' areas using the Craigkelly Transmitter).
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GTV (Only in 'STV West' areas using the Black Hill Transmitter).
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Lincolnshire Living (Only in some 'ITV Yorkshire' areas using the Belmont Transmitter).
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Bay TV Liverpool (Only in some 'ITV Granada' areas using the Winter Hill (petal 2) and Storeton Transmitters).
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LONDON LIVE (Only in 'ITV London' areas using the Crystal Palace Transmitter).
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YourTV Manchester (Only in some 'ITV Granada' areas using the Winter Hill (petal 1) Transmitters).
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Mustard (Only in some 'ITV Anglia' areas using the Tacolneston Transmitters).
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Notts TV (Only in some 'ITV Central' areas using the Waltham and Nottingham Transmitters).
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That's Oxford (Only in some 'ITV Meridian' areas using the Oxford Beckley Transmitter).
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SLTV/Sheffield Live (Only in some 'ITV Yorkshire' areas using the Crosspool aka Tapton Hill Transmitter).
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That's Solent (Only in some 'ITV Meridian' areas using the Rowridge VP Transmitter).
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Made in Tyne and Wear (Only in 'ITV Tyne Tees' areas using the Pontop Pike Transmitter).
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YourTV Blackpool & Preston (Only in some 'ITV Granada' areas using the Winter Hill (petal 3) Transmitter).
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=== New Ofcom licences ===
As of December 2nd 2012.
New licences has been given out to the following Channels by ofcom to broadcast on Freeview:-
-XTSY
-Yesterday +1
=== Media Boy Extra info: ===
Latest news on Local TV - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/local-tv
Latest news on Local TV - http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do...ting/7235.aspx
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