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Great! Free Christmas Movie Channel to launch on September 4

August 29, 2025 09.07 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Great! Free Christmas Movie Channel is set to launch on Sky, Freeview, Virgin, Freesat on September 4.

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: Freesat, Freeview, Great!, Sky, UK, Virgin Edited: 29 August 2025 09:07

ITV to switch off SD transmissions in Channel Islands, Borders, Northern Ireland and Wales

October 17, 2023 12.21 Europe/London By Julian Clover

ITV has announced plans to transition satellite homes in the Channel, Border Scotland, UTV and Wales regions to high definition.

Filed Under: Newsline, Satellite Tagged With: Freesat, ITV, Sky Edited: 17 October 2023 12:21

Digital UK appoints former Channel 4 exec as CTO

April 11, 2022 11.25 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Digital UK, the organisation that runs Freeview and Freesat, has appointed Orpheus Warr as its Chief Technology Officer.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: Digital UK, Freesat, Freeview Edited: 11 April 2022 11:25

Freesat 4K boxes pass DTG and CAI verification scheme

July 23, 2021 10.59 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

UK DTH platform Freesat has become the latest company to have satellite receivers pass the European-wide assurance scheme for TV and satellite distribution equipment known as the European IRS Certification […]

Filed Under: DTH, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Set-Top Boxes, Tech, Testing Tagged With: Alex Buchan, CommScope, DTG Testing, EICS, Freesat, Peter Sealey, Triax, Unitron Edited: 23 July 2021 10:59

BBC, ITV and C4 complete Digital UK and Freesat integration

July 9, 2021 11.18 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have announced that they have brought together Digital UK Ltd, which facilitates the provision of Freeview, and Freesat (UK) Ltd, which offers access to the […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, TV Tagged With: BBC, Channel 4, Digital UK, Freesat, Freeview, ITV, UK Edited: 12 July 2021 12:37

Prime Video launches on Freesat

December 17, 2020 11.04 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Freesat, the UK’s free to air satellite TV service, has become the latest operator to offer Amazon Prime Video to its viewers.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, TV Tagged With: Amazon Prime Video, Freesat Edited: 18 December 2020 13:34

Court TV launches on Freesat

November 30, 2020 10.54 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Court TV has signed a new carriage agreement with UK free-to-air satellite platform.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Court TV, Freesat Edited: 30 November 2020 10:54

Freesat is adding streaming service Britbox to its collection of apps.

September 14, 2020 12.15 Europe/London By Julian Clover

The BBC-ITV-back streamer launches as 25 movies from the FilmFour collection are added to the streamer. Britbox carries content from across the UK public broadcasters; the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Streaming, TV Tagged With: Britbox, Freesat Edited: 14 September 2020 12:15

Sony Movies Christmas to launch September 24

September 6, 2020 18.48 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Sony Movies Christmas to launch September 24

This year, the pop-up channel Sony Movies Christmas is launching on Thursday, September 24.

Filed Under: Newsline, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: Freesat, Freeview, Sony Movies Christmas, UK Edited: 6 September 2020 18:50

David Rowark appointed Freesat head of B2B sales

April 7, 2020 12.11 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Freesat has announced the appointment of David Rowark in the newly created role of head of B2B sales.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Freesat Edited: 7 April 2020 12:11

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