Teletext services to close 14th/15th December

Teletext services on terrestrial will cease from the 14th/15th December. More details are available on Page 139 on Freeview’s Teletext channel.

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TMF rebranded as VIVA

TMF was rebranded as VIVA yesterday. The new name change has come into effect on the Freeview EPG and on Virgin Media. You may need to rescan your Freeview box to get the new channel name, but you should continue to see the channel with the old TMF name without rescanning. VIVA is available on [...]

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BBC red button changes next week

There will be several changes to the BBC red button services on Freeview next week.
From the 27th October, the interactive stream on channel 302 will be removed (please note the interactive stream on channel 301 will be staying) and the BBC News multiscreen service will also be removed from Freeview.
On the official BBC blog for [...]

TMF to rebrand as VIVA soon

MTV-owned channel TMF will rebrand as VIVA. The channel – available on Freeview, cable and Sky – will be available on Freeview channel 21, Virgin Media channel 313 and Sky channel 358. The official website for VIVA just states it’s “coming soon” with no launch date mentioned yet. Check out their official website for a [...]

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Quest has launched on channel 38

Quest – the new channel from Discovery – finally launched yesterday after having been put back from launching earlier this year. The channel airs programming from the Discovery catalogue and it’s on air 10am to midnight every day. Quest is available on channel 38.

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National retune yesterday

The national retune took place yesterday afternoon – click here to see the current channel lineup now the changes have taken place. If you haven’t retuned your set top box yet, you may be missing out on some channels – click here for help retuning your equipment.

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Further details for 30th Sept retune

It was confirmed earlier this month where channels will be moving to when the national retune takes place on the 30th September, but some channels were absent from the announcement – the Top Up TV download channels.
It’s been confirmed Top Up TV Anytime 1-4 will be moving from channel 38-41 to channel 307-310. Read the [...]

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National retune coming 30th September

There will be a national Freeview retune on the 30th September – your set top box will need to be fully rescanned in order to keep all your channels. The retune is necessary because of upgrades to the Freeview platform.
You will need to rescan at midday on the 30th September to ensure your viewing is [...]

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