Posted 3rd November 2011 by Paul
BBC One HD is now available on the Sky Ireland EPG.
It’s the same channel as the UK receives and doesn’t have any regional opt-outs yet.
Regional BBC One HD channels aren’t due for launch until 2012 or 2013.

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Posted 3rd November 2010 by Paul
BBC One HD will launch tonight at 7pm with The One Show. For more details on BBC One HD click here to see the FAQs page on the official BBC One website.
BBC One HD will be available on Freesat channel 108, Freeview HD channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.
Channel numbers for the existing BBC HD channel will be Freesat channel 109, Freeview HD channel 54, Sky channel 169 and Virgin Media channel 187.
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Posted 1st November 2010 by Paul
BBC One HD will launch this Wednesday (3rd November) at 7pm (HD customers only).
Discovery History will launch on the 7th November.
Travel Channel HD will launch on the 15th November (HD customers only).
ITV3 HD & ITV4 HD will launch on the 15th November (HD customers only).

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Posted 21st October 2010 by Paul
We previously posted that BBC One HD will launch on the 3rd November and now further details on the launch of BBC One HD have been announced.
BBC One HD will launch at 7pm on the 3rd November on Freesat channel 108, Freeview HD channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108. It will be a simulcast of the standard definition BBC One channel.
The first programme to air on the channel at 7pm will be The One Show (in HD), then Wallace And Gromit World of Inventions (in HD).
Programmes shown on BBC One HD that aren’t in HD will be upscaled to a better picture quality like other channels do (such as Channel 4 HD) The BBC have announced they hope to have most of the BBC One schedule available in full HD by 2012.
EastEnders will broadcast in HD for the first time on Christmas Day this year.
The original BBC HD channel will remain but will now mostly air programmes from BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four and further coverage of sporting events.

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Posted 19th October 2010 by Paul
BBC One HD will launch on Wednesday 3rd November, according to the BBC Reception pages on their official website.
BBC One HD will be a simulcast of BBC One.
The existing BBC HD channel will remain but will now mostly air content from BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Four.
BBC One HD will be available on Freesat and Sky from launch, and it’s thought it will launch on Virgin Media at the same time. It will also be available on Freeview (for people with Freeview HD boxes) in due course.

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Posted 29th May 2010 by Paul
The BBC Trust has approved BBC One HD, which will launch soon.
The official press release says BBC One HD will launch on “DTT, cable and satellite later in the year”.
The current BBC HD channel will stay, but that will extend its hours “from an average of nine hours to 12 hours a day”.
BBC One HD will be a simulcast of the main BBC One channel.
Click here to read the full press release.
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