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About us/ UK Free TV twitter cross-posting to stop on 9 February 2023The access that we've been using for 13.5 years to stop this week.
Free TV 2022/ Leading the UK into digital
TV/radio stations?/ BBC Three Linear channel re-opens
Freesat/ Freesat adds a plethora of new channels in time for Christmas including channel
700Mhz clearance/ Freeview will not survive another 16 years
Cord Cutting UK/ Killing Eve, and killing Dirk
Cord Cutting UK/ Killing Eve, and killing Dirk
Cord Cutting UK/ Quiz: How many TV Science shows are on the BBC right now?
700Mhz clearance/ Will I need a filter when the 5G mobile broadband services start in 2020?
General/ Why are there so many +1 channels on TV?
Podcast and Links
Links/ Opportunities for BBC Local RadioBBC Sounds have their own objectives, particularly driving reach of under 35s. Getting local podcasts launched seems to be the result of commissioning decisions by Local Radio HQ and BBC Sounds - if unaligned this could be difficult to get done. If commercial radio streams can have local ads why can't you drop in a local weather bulletin down to a town Why shouldn't national and regional shows be able to reference a clip from the local breakfast show. - www.mattdeegan.com
Podcasts/ Westminster's Secrets and Lies
Links/ More details announced regarding BBC Radio 4 long wave switch off
Links/ Channel 4 unveils single brand | Advanced Television
Links/ Analysts: Broadcaster viewing to shrink to below half of total video viewing by 2028
Links/ Sky UK Ltd
Links/ Sky UK Ltd
Podcasts/ 19/05/2023
Podcasts/ Twitter bows to Erdoğan?
Podcasts/ 12/05/2023
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Freeview news/ ITV and FreeviewIn the days before 18th Jan, the share price of ITV plc dropped when US-bank Merrill Lynch issued a doubtful report on the future of traditional broadcasting in Europe.0
Cord Cutting UK/ Cord Cutting UK Checklist: keeping it legal
Future Freeview?/ Rebuilding Freeview High Definition from 2019 onwards
BBC Charter 2017/ TV Licence replacement: is going to be French, Finnish or German?
High definition/ Five tips for when you are buying a new TV to watch Freeview or Freesat
General satellite/ Show me the 55 TV channels have moved to the new Astra 2G satellite
General satellite/ Show me the 55 TV channels have moved to the new Astra 2G satellite
Future Freeview?/ When will your favourite Freeview TV shows move to subscription streaming TV?
BBC Charter 2017/ BBC Three week: the history of BBC Three
Future Freeview?/ We will still need Freeview in 2042
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at800 Freeview retunes/ When will I get a new Freeview aerial because of even more mobile broadband? What is going to happen during the 700MHz clearance? To make way for more mobile broadband in 2020, millions of Freeview viewers are going to need to act. A very few will need a new aerial. Will that be you?
BBC Charter 2017/ Licence fee replacements: All-homes broadcast contribution?
Connected TV/ Freeview Play manufacturers announced
Future Freeview?/ Who is still watching TV?
Cord Cutting UK/ How much money can you save by Cord Cutting?
BBC Charter 2017/ Income-based broadcast support tax
BBC Charter 2017/ Income-based broadcast support tax
Sound/ When you can't quite hear the TV, subtitles are critical
High definition/ Will we ever have Freeview Ultra HD or Freesat Ultra HD?
High definition/ Why do less than one in five people with an HD set watch in HD?
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BBC Charter 2017/ Licence fee replacements: broadcasting contribution via the Council tax?Looking at the top three European replacements for the TV Licence, today we have a closer look at the French system.
BBC Charter 2017/ Would the BBC work better as a company, charity, instead of a new Royal charter?
About us/ UK Free TV site improvements
Future Freeview?/ How long will Freeview and Freesat continue?
BBC Charter 2017/ BBC Licence fee and new Charter: the political reality
About digital radio/ New! 1000s of new DAB and FM radio coverage maps
About digital radio/ New! 1000s of new DAB and FM radio coverage maps
Future Freeview?/ Just how free is UK television?
700Mhz clearance/ Current Freeview changes make it a little less reliable
Freeview news/ New and improved Freeview radiation patterns