All of the free TV channels on PGSTART330 in the UK

Below is a list of all the television and radio channels that you can watch in the UK using one of the free services: DAB (for radio), Freeview, Sky No Card - Sky without a viewing card (Freesat from Sky (or fSfS)) and Freesat.. Where a channel can be watched for free, the channel number is listed below. In addition, if you can watch (or listen) immediately online, press the button in the "web" column.

As some channels are exclusive to one service alone, you may need to get receive more than one service to get all the channels you want. The coverage for Freeview differs too - those channels not provided by the public service "Freeview Light" transmitters the current coverage shown thus (54%), taken from Connected Nations Report 2017: Data analysis'

Key: _{wb_sunny} daytime; _{watch_later} nighttime; _{account_box} funded from the TV License; flags show Freeview channel limits.

Choose from four options: ■ Show everything ■ Just on Freeview ■ Just on Freesat ■ Just on Sky

High definition channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
BBC Alba HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	7	169_{watch_later}	109_{watch_later}
BBC Four HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	106_{watch_later}	116_{watch_later}	108_{watch_later}
BBC News HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		503	200
BBC One HD_{account_box}		101		101
BBC Scotland HD	_{live_tv}	108		110
BBC Three HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	107 _{watch_later}	173_{watch_later}	107_{watch_later}
BBC Two HD_{account_box}		102	102	102
CBBC HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	204_{wb_sunny}	607_{wb_sunny}	600_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	205_{wb_sunny}	608_{wb_sunny}	601_{wb_sunny}
Channel 4 HD		104	104	104
Channel 4 HD (Wales)		110		104
Channel 5 HD		105	105	105
CNN International HD			506
ITV 1 HD		103	103	103
New Media HD			594
Quest HD			144
S4C HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		134	120
SportyStuff TV HD			437
STV HD		103	103	103
Travelxp HD			182
UTV HD		103	103	103
WION HD			523

Main TV standard-definiton channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
— &UYesterday +1		74 (90%)	255
— &W +1			232
4Music	_{live_tv}		354
4seven	_{live_tv}	49 (90%)	137	127
5Action		33 (90%)	150	132
5SELECT		46_{watch_later}	153_{watch_later}	133_{watch_later}
5STAR		32 (90%)	128	131
— 5STAR +1			228	140
5USA		21 (90%)	141	129
— 5USA +1			241	130
Al Jazeera Eng		235 (90%)
Al Jazeera English		251 (90%)	513	203
Arirang TV			522	214
Arise Play			175
BBC Four_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	9 _{watch_later}	815_{watch_later}
BBC Four (Scotland SD)	_{live_tv}	24 _{watch_later}
BBC News_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	231
BBC One (SD)_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	1
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
BBC Scotland SD	_{live_tv}	9	187
BBC Three_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	23_{watch_later}
BBC Two_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	2
Blaze		64 (90%)	164	161
— Blaze +1		81 (90%)
Bloomberg TV			502	208
CBBC_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	201_{wb_sunny}	643_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	202_{wb_sunny}	644_{wb_sunny}
Challenge		48 (90%)	152	142
Channel 4 (Wales)		7	104
Channel 4 (SD)	_{live_tv}	4	804
— Channel 4 +1		15	204	121
Channel 5		5	805
— Channel 5 +1		38 (90%)	205	128
Channel 7 (Ghana)			181
Clubland TV			364
CNBC			505	210
Court TV			179
Deen TV			783
DMAX		39 (90%)	172	147
— DMAX +1			272	153
Dunamis TV			592
E4	_{live_tv}	13		122
E4 (Wales)	_{live_tv}			122
— E4 +1		30		123
E4 Extra	_{live_tv}	31 (90%)	138	126
EarthxTV		79 (90%)	180
EuroNews English			508
Film4	_{live_tv}	14		300
— Film4 +1		47 (90%)	314	301
Food Network		43 (90%)	140	148
— Food Network +1			240	154
Foodxp			712
FRANCE 24 (in English)		255 (90%)	512	205
FreeSports	_{live_tv}		422
GoodNews TV			591
GREAT! action		42 (90%)	323
GREAT! christmas		52 (90%)	319
GREAT! movies		34 (90%)	321
Great! Movies Action 1			324
GREAT! romance mix		63 (90%)	320
Heart 80s			0112
Heart 90s			0217
HGTV		44 (90%)	158	149
— HGTV +1			258
HobbyMaker		73 (90%)
ITV 1 (SD)	_{live_tv}	3	803	111
ITV 2	_{live_tv}	6	118	113
— ITV1 +1		35	203	112
— ITV2 +1		29 (90%)_{watch_later}	218	114
ITV3	_{live_tv}	10	119	115
— ITV3 +1		58 (90%)	219	116
ITV4	_{live_tv}	26	120	117
— ITV4 +1	_{live_tv}	59 (90%)	220	118
ITVBe		28	131	119
— ITVBe +1		93 (90%)
Kerrang! TV	_{live_tv}		358
Ketchup Too		210 (90%)
Ketchup TV		209 (90%)
Kiss (TV)	_{live_tv}		356
Legend		41 (90%)	148	137
LEGEND XTRA 1			318	139
Magic (TV)	_{live_tv}		357
More4	_{live_tv}	18		124
— More4 +1			236	125
Now 90s			363
NTD			185
PBS America		84 (90%)	174	155
Pitaara International			773
— Pop +1			619
— POP MAX +1			621
Primal Living			670
Quest		12 (90%)		144
— Quest +1		70 (90%)	244	151
Quest Red		40 (90%)	149	146
— Quest Red +1			249	152
Really		17 (90%)	142	145
— Rok Sky +1		265 (90%)
RTÉ One		54
RTÉ Two		55
SBN International			593
Showcase TV			186
Sky Arts		36 (90%)		143
Sky Mix		11 (90%)	151	141
Sky News	_{live_tv}	233 (90%)		202
Smithsonian Channel			171
STV (SD)		3	803
— STV+1		35	203
Talking Pictures TV		82 (90%)	328	306
TCC		78 _{wb_sunny}
TG4		53
That's 60s MCR		77
That's 80s		80
That's 90s		75 (90%)	361
That's 90s MCR		86
That's TV (UK)		56 (90%)	183
That's TV 2		65 (90%)	366
That's TV 2 MCR		76 (90%)	362
That’s 60s		71
The Box	_{live_tv}		355
— Tiny Pop +1			618
Together TV		83 (90%) _{wb_sunny}	170	164
Trace Vault			360
Trace Hits			359
TRT World			516	215
TRUE CRIME		67 (90%)	146	135
TRUE CRIME 1			246	136
TRUE CRIME XTRA		68 (90%)	147	134
— TV Warehouse+1		88
U&Dave		19 (90%)	811	157
U&Dave ja vu		57 (90%)	211
U&Drama		20 (90%)	143	158
— U&Drama +1		60 (90%)	243
U&W		25 (90%)		156
U&Yesterday		27 (90%)		159
UTV (SD)		3	803
— UTV +1		35	203	112
WildEarth		91 (90%)
YAAAS!		211 (90%)

Local TV channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
Bay TV Clwyd		7 (54%)
Bay TV Liverpool		7 (54%)
Bay TV Swansea		7 (54%)
Big Centre TV		7 (54%)
Cambridge Presents		7 (54%)
Estuary TV Doncaster		7 (54%)
Estuary TV York		7 (54%)
GREAT! real		61 (54%)	322
Latest TV		7 (54%)
LEGEND XTRA		69 (54%)	317	138
LONDON LIVE	_{live_tv}	8 (54%)
Made in Bristol		7 (54%)
Made in Cardiff		8 (54%)
Made in Leeds		7 (54%)
Made in Teesside		7 (54%)
Made in Tyne and Wear		7 (54%)
Mustard		7 (54%)
Notts TV	_{live_tv}	7 (54%)
NvTv		7 (54%)
POP MAX		208 (54%)	620
Sheffield Live		7 (54%)
STV Edinburgh		8 (54%)
STV Glasgow		8 (54%)
That's Berkshire		7 (54%)
That's Lancashire		7 (54%)
That's Manchester		7 (54%)
That's Oxford		7 (54%)
That's Salisbury		7 (54%)
That's Solent		7 (54%)
That's Surrey		7 (54%)
The York Channel		7 (54%)
Tiny Pop		207 (54%)	615

Radio stations

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
Absolute Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	727 (90%)	0107
Absolute Radio 80s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0200
Absolute Radio 90s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0201
Absolute Radio Classic Rock	_{live_tv}	DAB		0203
BBC Asian Network_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	709	0119	709
BBC Berkshire_{account_box}		DAB	719
BBC Bristol_{account_box}		FM/AM	719
BBC C&W_{account_box}			719
BBC Cambridge_{account_box}		FM/AM	722
BBC Cornwall_{account_box}			721
BBC Cumbria_{account_box}			721
BBC Derby_{account_box}			717
BBC Devon_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	720
BBC Essex_{account_box}			734
BBC Gloucestershire_{account_box}			735
BBC Guernsey_{account_box}			721
BBC H&W_{account_box}			720
BBC Humberside_{account_box}			721
BBC Jersey_{account_box}			719
BBC Kent_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Lancashire_{account_box}			720
BBC Leeds_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Leicester_{account_box}			721
BBC Lincolnshire_{account_box}			722
BBC Manchester_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Merseyside_{account_box}			722
BBC Newcastle_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Norfolk_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Northampton_{account_box}			734
BBC Nottingham_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	720
BBC Oxford_{account_box}			722
BBC Radio 1_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag700	0101	700
BBC Radio 1Xtra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	701	0137	701
BBC Radio 2_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag702	0102	702
BBC Radio 3_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag703	0103	703
BBC Radio 4 (FM)_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	704	0104	704
BBC Radio 4 Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	708	0131	708
BBC Radio 4 LW_{account_box}	_{live_tv}			0143	710
BBC Radio 5 Live_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	705	0105	705
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	706	0144	706
BBC Radio 6 Music_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	707	0120	707
BBC Radio Cymru_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	720	0152	715
BBC Radio Cymru 2_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0219	735
BBC Radio Foyle_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	720	0220	717
BBC Radio London_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0152	718
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag720	0139	713
BBC Radio Scotland_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0116	712
BBC Radio Ulster_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0118	716
BBC Radio Wales_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0117	714
BBC Sheffield_{account_box}			734
BBC Shropshire_{account_box}			721
BBC Solent_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	722
BBC Solent for Dorset_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	734
BBC Somerset_{account_box}			722
BBC Stoke_{account_box}			726
BBC Suffolk_{account_box}			720
BBC Surrey_{account_box}			722
BBC Sussex_{account_box}			720
BBC Tees_{account_box}			722
BBC Three Counties_{account_box}			720
BBC Wiltshire_{account_box}			721
BBC WM_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	722
BBC World Service_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag710	0115	711
BBC York_{account_box}			720
BFBS Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0211	786
Capital	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	724 (90%)	0109	719
Capital Xtra	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0114	720
Classic FM	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	731 (90%)	0106	721
EWTN Radio Britain and Ireland				0147
Gold	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0121	722
Heart	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	728 (90%)	0111	733
Heart Dance		DAB		0146
Hits Radio	_{live_tv}			0188
Jazz FM				0202
KISS		DAB FM/AM		0178
LBC	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	732 (90%)	0124	734
LBC News	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0221
Magic	_{live_tv}	DAB		0180
Panjab Radio				0130
PlanetRock		DAB		0110
Premier Radio		DAB FM/AM	725 (90%)
Radio Khush Khabri				0151
Radio X	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0113	723
RNIB Connect		FM/AM	730 (90%)
RTÉ 2FM				0164	751
RTÉ Lyric FM				0165	752
RTÉ Radio 1				0160	750
RTÉ Raidio na Gaeltachta				0166	753
RTÉ RnaG			729
Scala Radio				0216
Smooth Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	718 (90%)	0128	732
Sukh Sagar Radio				0150
talkSPORT	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	723 (90%)	0108	731
Trans World Radio			733 (90%)
TWR	_{live_tv}	FM/AM		0138	790
V Radio				0215	736
WRN English				0122

Streamed TV and text

	Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
	BBC RB 1_{account_box}			601		981
	On Demand 365			254 (90%)

High definition shopping

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	Sky	Freesat
Daystar TV HD	583	691
Iran International HD	793
Loveworld TV HD	585

Other TV channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
3ABN		268 (90%)
A1 TV			759
Aaj Tak			710
Aastha			724
Ahlebait TV			745
Ahlulbayt TV			787
Akaal Channel			770
Al Arabiya		261 (90%)
Alaraby Network		279 (90%)
AlJazeera Arabic		252 (90%)
AmazingDiscoveries		269 (90%)
Arise News			519
ARY Digital			758
ARY World			736
Asharq News		260 (90%)
Asharq News #2		272 (90%)
ATN Bangla			779
Best Direct			669
Brit Asia TV			767
British Muslim TV			752
Channel S			777
Channelbox		271 (90%)
Channels 24			518
CRAFT EXTRA			673
Create & Craft		85 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	683	813
Cruise 1st TV			688
Dunya News			754
Eman Channel			757
EWTN			586
FailArmy		264 (90%)
Faith			590
Faith World TV			588
GB News		236 (90%)	515	216
Gems TV	_{live_tv}	45 (90%)	665	805
Geo			738
Geo News International			734
GOD Channel			580	694
God TV		282 (90%)
GREAT! tv		50 (90%)	157
— GREAT! tv +1		62 (90%)	257
Hidayat TV			733
High Street TV 1			666
High Street TV 2			667
High Street TV 3			672
High Street TV 4			675
Hum Masala			732
Hum TV			751
Ideal World		51 (90%)	664
Inspiration TV			584
Ion TV			782
Iqra Bangla			778
Iqra TV			742
Islam Channel			737
Islam Channel Urdu			755
Islam TV			744
Jewellery Maker	_{live_tv}	72 (90%)	674	807
JML Direct			661
Kanshi TV			772
KICC TV			589
Madani Channel English			746
MATV Channel			711
MTA 1			731
NDTV 24x7			510
Newsmax		273 (90%)
NHK WORLD		286 (90%)	507	209
Noor TV			739
NTV			780
Pet Collective		266 (90%)
Phoenix CNE			791
Pop Player		212 (90%)
Psychic Today			680
PTC Punjabi			766
PTV Global			735
QVC	_{live_tv}	16 (90%)	660	800
QVC Extra	_{live_tv}		682	802
QVC Style	_{live_tv}		677	803
QVC2	_{live_tv}	37 (90%)	663	801
Real Crime		258 (90%)
Revelation TV		281 (90%)	581	692
Rok		280 (90%)	329
Sangat TV			769
Sanskar TV			725
Shots!		262 (90%)
Sikh Channel			768
Sky News Arabia			788
SonLife		263 (90%)
Sonlife TV		96 (90%)		695
Takbeer TV			749
TalkTV		237 (90%)	526
TBN UK		66	582
Thane			679
The Word Network			587
TJC		22 (90%)	662	809
TJC Beauty			668	810
— Together TV +1		90 (90%)_{wb_sunny}
TV One			781
TV Warehouse		87	676
TVC News Nigeria			524
UK 44			756
UK RADIO PORTAL		277 (90%)

Where Local TV broadcast

	Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
	Ideal World Extra	_{live_tv}			671
	Pop			206 (54%)	614

Adult channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	Freeview	Sky
92 News		743
ADULT Babestn	674 (90%)
ADULT Section	699 (90%)
ADULT Section (start)	670 (90%)
ADULT smileTV3	673 (90%)
ADULT Xpanded TV	671 (90%)	902

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8:04 PM

Times Now launches on BSkyB.

BSkyB info:
Times Now is India's no.1 English News delivering the latest news stories daily. With incisive debates and cutting edge analysis it is a compelling news channel in over 75 countries.

Africa Channel is removed.

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Times Now 1 5040 50400 2103 2 11671H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 576

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Africa Channel 1 0 54210 2089 2 11464H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

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3:48 PM

js: I'm not sure if there have actually been many sales of SD equipment, I'm sure I recall reading somewhere that it was almost all HD.This isn't the case for old-fasioned boxes, where there are a lot of SD ones still out there costing broadcasters a small fortune to support...Thanks for your , my box is away being fixed...

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5:38 PM

: As far as I can remember, (decent) boxes have had an HDMI in the back for more than 7 years, so if you could get HD on them, it was fine. In fact Freesat was promoted as somethign which you could get HD on, when was just a possibility.

Sorry to hear about the Humax - what happened?

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7:17 PM

MikeB: Yes, was always the better HD choice..My loverly Humax HDR1010 must have known I was going to write up a long-term review of it, because it just started cycling when being turned on.I took it back to Richer Sounds - where I got it from - three whole weeks ago and they said it's abroad somewhere in a Humax workshop "not yet needing parts".It's very disappointing, I need it to watch non-BBC programmes to take out the adverts. I'm doing everything Chromecast as my box is the first generation and doesn't support recording.

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12:35 AM

Hi,can you please send me,(a grab),of the first five minutes of Wrestle Talk TV shown on Challenge TV @ 11pm;{15/11/15}.Thanx.
NB:please send to e-mail,or 07480883103.

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3:16 AM

Just found while scanning that 11225V was causing an error.

Turns out this is now configured as DVB-S2.

The ASTRA NIT has just been updated:

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Changed:
11225.00 V 27500 2/3 DVB-S QPSK 028.2E :TSID = 2106 --> 11225.00 V 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 0.25 8PSK 028.2E :TSID = 2106

The services carried are:

NHK World HD
RT HD
Setanta HD
Premier HD

The Freesat NIT has just been updated:

Comparing Freesat 18-11-2015 01 16.txt and Freesat 18-11-2015 03 01.txt

Changed:
11225.00 V 27500 2/3 DVB-S QPSK 028.2E :TSID = 2106 --> 11225.00 V 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 0.25 8PSK 028.2E :TSID = 2106

The scan results showed that ITV1 West and ITV1+1 West have lost their Freesat streams:

ITV (12170) 10994H
Number of streams changed from 10 to 5
lost stream PID = 3843
lost stream PID = 3844
lost stream PID = 3840
lost stream PID = 3841
lost stream PID = 3842

ITV +1 (12175) 10994H
Number of streams changed from 10 to 5
lost stream PID = 3843
lost stream PID = 3844
lost stream PID = 3840
lost stream PID = 3841
lost stream PID = 3842

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11:06 PM

DIFFS:

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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Renamed
NOW MUSIC 1 15006 52010 2105 2 11224H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 513
NOW Christmas 1 15006 52010 2105 2 11224H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 513

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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
ShowBiz TV 1 3015 53730 2113 2 11387H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 157

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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

LCN Change
News 18 India 1 5521 53545 2316 2 11597V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 848
News 18 India 1 5521 53545 2316 2 11597V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 577

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12:23 AM

The streams are back on ITV1 and ITV1+1 West:

Diffs from 18/11/2015 01:54:49 to 20/11/2015 23:41:00
Changed:

Playboy TV Hot ( 5703) 12070H
Name changed from XXXUniforms

ITV (12170) 10994H
Number of streams changed from 5 to 10
new stream PID = 3841
new stream PID = 3840
new stream PID = 3842
new stream PID = 3844
new stream PID = 3843

ITV +1 (12175) 10994H
Number of streams changed from 5 to 10
new stream PID = 3841
new stream PID = 3840
new stream PID = 3842
new stream PID = 3844
new stream PID = 3843

NOW Christmas (52010) 11224H
Name changed from NOW Music

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2:35 PM

Re: JS
What if there is some free space on a , but not enough for a HD channel.
On , Film 4 +1 is on BBC B (PSB3) HD .
If it was on a COM transponder then only some people could receive it.

It's cheaper to buy a HD box, than to move to an area where you can receive a COM transmission .

With /satellite, I suppose one day they may have less room for all the channels and squeeze a few SD channels on HD transmitters.

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Mark A: The situation on DTT is quite different to that on .

No one is going to put SD on S2 transponders until BSkyB replace their SD boxes.

SD boxes are still being sold, seem really popular, and at 85 squid, damned expensive.

On DTT, there is an active campaign to get people to buy capable equipment, hence COM7 and COM8.

As far as SD on T2, I doubt Film4+1 is much of an inducement, but some of these on COM7 could be:

050 mov4men+1
057 VIVA
063 Community
071 Motors TV
077 Rishtey Europe
081 TalkingPictures TV
134 Al Jazeera Arabic

As far as capacity for another HD channel on COM7, the seven SD channels account for more than that.

Have just measured the T2 bit-rates, and null packets amounted to 60% of the total on BBC B, though at this time in the morning, some streams are showing almost static pictures.

BBC B
max min avg
07.939 03.873 05.054 BBC TWO HD
03.027 02.839 02.924 ITV HD
01.303 01.027 01.202 Channel 4 HD
02.215 01.797 01.964 BBC ONE HD
02.457 01.281 02.002 BBC THREE HD
03.409 00.600 01.281 Film4+1
26.104 20.150 23.943 Null Packets
02.589 01.346 01.844 All Other Streams
40.215 40.214 40.215 TS Bitrate

Arqiva C
max min avg
01.195 01.068 01.130 BBC NEWS HD
01.891 01.347 01.503 BBC FOUR HD
04.261 03.381 03.820 Channel 4+1 HD
15.177 01.567 05.268 4seven HD
04.763 03.607 04.090 Al Jazeera Eng HD
03.677 01.687 02.673 Al Jazeera Arabic
02.099 00.530 00.785 TalkingPictures TV
03.590 01.567 02.063 Community
02.155 01.337 01.797 Motors TV
04.594 01.656 02.143 mov4men+1
03.167 01.247 01.722 Rishtey Europe
15.992 00.283 10.940 Null Packets
03.259 01.561 02.266 All Other Streams
40.200 40.200 40.200 TS Bitrate

Arqiva D
max min avg
05.116 02.654 03.608 QVC + 1 HD
37.347 33.972 36.120 Null Packets
01.417 00.128 00.472 All Other Streams
40.200 40.200 40.200 TS Bitrate

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