Site development

Site development/ Seeing something different? We are doing A/B testing on a new Material DesignThe recent survey pointed out that mobile users were unhappy with some of the aspects of the UK Free design. To address these issues, I have created a new mobile-first design to the site. This is being shown to half of the people using the site to find out how effective the changes are.

Site development/ Please share your thoughts about UK FREE TV

Site development/ The next 50 things on UK FREE TV. What would you like to see?

Site development/ UK Free TV now uses friendly web addresses

Site development/ Best ever emails and improved menus on UK FREE TV

Site development/ Being responsive: a better layout

Site development/ Better tweeting

Site development/ Being responsive: a better menu

Site development/ 12th birthday: six improvements to UK Free TV

Podcast and Links

Podcasts/ Rupert Steps Back, Toxic Brand and RTS roundup

Links/ Streaming vs Linear in 2023

Podcasts/ 20/09/2023 Radio 4 Feedback

Links/ BBC, ITV, C4 C5 to launch free TV streaming service called Freely in 2024

Podcasts/ Amazon Bets The Farm, Osborne s Power Pod the Changing Face of PR

Links/ Channel 4 drops Hollyoaks in digital-first move

Podcasts/ Mark Thompson's 'To Do'List, Marketers v Consumers, Goodbye Facebook News

Podcasts/ A rulebook for the web

Podcasts/ Is AI now coming for your private data?

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Site development/ FIVE limited resolution in some partsIn some parts of the country FIVE is broadcasting at only 75% resolution until the middle of the month

Site development/ Telling lies? Freeview HD needs no new aerial, nor does play/record/pause

Site development/ Improvement to "Transmission frequencies" on transmitter pages

Site development/ Mobile site version - m.ukfree.tv

Site development/ All transmitters page

Site development/ Catching up to do...

Site development/ We Say You Pay - Richard, Judy and a huge fine.

Site development/ Yorkshire, Westcountry and Border updates

Site development/ DAB links, multiplex lists and compare TV improvements

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Site development/ Final mapping updates: new server, region overlaps, HTML5 radiations and pre-DSOThe mapping updates on UK Free TV have been finalised, with some new features and a dedicated new web server.

Site development/ Site colour code improvements

Site development/ Digital TV transmitters in Ireland - update

Site development/ Making a Pandorica out of BBC iPlayer images

Site development/ Site improvements continue to increase speed and popularity

Site development/ Google co-ordinate system ... PHP code

Site development/ Quick access to your posts

Site development/ Channel 4 dumps Quiz Call

Site development/ Right... back for good this time

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Site development/ Upgrade to sharing and comments on UK Free TVSharing pages made easy, and star awards for contributors.

Site development/ No ITV2, ITV3 or ITV in East Midlands

Site development/ BBC to close 6Music and Asian Network

Site development/ Another apology...

Site development/ Updates from "licences version 7", mixed polarity transmitters, corrections etc

Site development/ Automatic comment links

Site development/ The Evolution of the Connected Home

Site development/ I went to school with the alleged serial killer

Site development/ All BBC channels now online

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Site development/ ITV4 bitrates - an answerITV have responded to Netbod's query about the bitrates that make football on ITV4 such a blurry experience.

Site development/ Twitter #ukfreetv

Site development/ What will Crozier and Norman do to ITV?

Site development/ Switchover week, and FIVE on Freesat

Site development/ Can you help this poor man make up his mind about BSkyB's ITV stake?

Site development/ Major update to UK Free TV Freeview reception prediction system

Site development/ DAB updates

Site development/ Thinking about DAB transmitter pages

Site development/ Transmitter engineering blogger

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Site development/ BBC iPlayer dayThe BBC is having an "iPlayer day" on the first birthday of the popular catch-up service. 180 million programmes have been watched already!

Site development/ Back again after hardware problems

Site development/ Would you like your comments to also have a picture?

Site development/ Will BBC One HD have a DOG? Guess what the "other" BBC HD channel be called

Site development/ Blue Peter sunk by Ofcom quiz report

Site development/ Ofcom - UK Digital Terrestrial Television Transmitter Frequency and Site Data

Site development/ 14 reasons why you should stop moaning about paying the TV Licence every day

Site development/ Holiday 2011

Site development/ Want to see where a point on a line of sight on a map? Click on UK Free TV!

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Site development/ get_iplayer to returnI was about to write an article about get_iplayer when the developer withdrew from the project. However, it is due to return!

Site development/ Prediction system update

Site development/ Want faster mobile access to free TV information?

Site development/ Apologies...

Site development/ Mobile site under test

Site development/ Liberals don't like Freeview Lite

Site development/ New multiplex diagrams

Site development/ BBC HD channels on Freeview - dealing with some issues

Site development/ All channels page updated

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Site development/ Transmission frequencies better format and show 2013, 2015 and 2020I have, once again, revised the 'transmission frequencies' section found on all of the transmitter pages. The revised format, which is larger and better spaced, now shows confirmed changes in 2013, as well as two Ofcom planning scenarios for 2015 and 2020.

Site development/ Video of Samsung Freeview HD TV

Site development/ 'Rawlplugs in handbags' channels face report

Site development/ What's coming up

Site development/ GMTV: Another ten million quid quiz rip off?

Site development/ Who is responsible for digital switchover?

Site development/ For live industry updates - use the UK Free TV Newsbucket

Site development/ So far, so good

Site development/ Paying Sky for free public service television channels

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Site development/ Clarifications...A few matters arising.

Site development/ QuizCall's Number is Up

Site development/ ITV Play: Michael Grade wins two million quid

Site development/ UK Free TV and all five browsers

Site development/ A question for Freeview user in Scotland

Site development/ BBC Freedom Of Information - transmitter radiation patterns

Site development/ Is it time for justice for Monkey? Police probe OnDigital 'hack by Newscorp'

Site development/ The last BBC Re-Broadcast Standby test?

Site development/ Channel 4 HD free-to-air testing on Eurobird 1

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Site development/ Progress report - BBC FOI and my shoulder!I seem to have been looking at this data for ages. Not as long as my shoulder has been playing up though!

Site development/ BBC FOI transmitter data - first draft

Site development/ What will you be doing in for new year 2020?

Site development/ Lots of fixes and updates to UK Free TV including Astra 2E and Comux

Site development/ Mendip and Winter Hill corrections

Site development/ Four brand new mapping sections

Site development/ The new Freeview prediction system - includes Freeview HD

Site development/ New transmitter overlay maps - coming soon

Site development/ Changes to switchover frequencies in Meridian, London and Northern Ireland

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Site development/ Upgrade to comment location featuresBefore it said just "(map)" - now you have four useful links.

Site development/ New "Reads and Feeds" page

Site development/ Improvements to aerial position information and mixed-polarity transmitters

Site development/ Improvements to Freeview transmission mode information

Site development/ The return of the regional television maps

Site development/ Freeview Light and Radio comparison pages

Site development/ Radio 4 for those with hearing loss?

Site development/ Analogue radio maps section now has "frequency" pages, improved comment links

Site development/ Does the BBC or BSkyB spend more on programmes?

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Site development/ Transmitter map updates are coming - soonI am currently reworking the code that produces the transmitter coverage area maps to provide more detail.

Site development/ Want to better understand the current TV faults? See the all new UK Free TV page

Site development/ Update to transmitter location information

Site development/ Some UK Free upgrades

Site development/ ITV1+1, ITV1HD, BBC One HD regional services on Freeview

Site development/ Maps and radiation patterns

Site development/ Welcome to the blog!

Site development/ Recommended reading

Site development/ Zingzing TV Listings

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Site development/ Tenth years anniversary - what should we do to celebrate?With six weeks to go before UK Free TV celebrates ten years online on Friday 5th July 2012, I thought I would ask your suggestions.

Site development/ Operation time!

Site development/ Teletext test - which transmitters work?

Site development/ Saorview updates

Site development/ Changes to UK Free TV

Site development/ iPad - what the ASA said about Apples iPhone ads

Site development/ Few site updates

Site development/ Freeview retune - poor public service transmitters deal

Site development/ Want to compare channels on all free TV services easily?

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Site development/ Channel 5 +1 to launch early December on Freeview and FreesatThe one-hour timeshift of Channel 5 will start shortly on Freeview, Freesat and Sky and via VMedia next year.

Site development/ Updates to Engineering information

Site development/ Another beta - FM, LW and MW radio transmitters section

Site development/ UK Free TV is ten years old today

Site development/ Popular misconceptions 3: looking back at DG Greg Dyke

Site development/ Happy new year...

Site development/ Automatic postcode fixes

Site development/ New navigation system for UK Free TV

Site development/ Find by Frequency and BBC Engineering information fixed

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Site development/ Do we need quiz channels?Nothing seemed to disappoint Freeview viewers more than the replacement of Men and Motors with ITV Play.

Site development/ Mid-switchover details added to the Selkirk page

Site development/ Apologies for UK Free down this morning

Site development/ New features for "My Settings" box and the "Newsbucket"

Site development/ Regional News Question

Site development/ Ofcom: We Say You Pay a million and a half...

Site development/ Kenneth Clark's Civilisation HD

Site development/ DAB multiplex pages now have coverage maps

Site development/ Region maps now show in enhanced format

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Site development/ Coming up.. digital switchover who's who and Stephen Fry and some RhinosSome thoughts and highlights

Site development/ Christmas help is here...

Site development/ Sales - Freesat and Freeview reductions!

Site development/ A few speed improvements

Site development/ MPs slam Quiz TV channels

Site development/ Change from "Share this" to "Like"

Site development/ New look for the daily reading list.

Site development/ Modifications made to aerial group markings

Site development/ I'm back - but slightly incapacitated...

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Site development/ Changed multiplex names in shutdown notesThe various transmitter pages had a mixture of different multiplex styles

Site development/ Various corrections and updates for Freeview HD, local TV and so on

Site development/ UK Free TV mobile site

Site development/ Channel 5 HD will launch on Freeview

Site development/ BBC Radio 6 Music is essential!

Site development/ Comments map

Site development/ Auto location

Site development/ ITV not coming out to Play today

Site development/ TV region maps now show network connections and transmitter types

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Site development/ Switchover process - clarification of detailsFollowing some recent comments, I have made improvements to the clarity of the information showing the changes that happen during the digital switchover process.

Site development/ DAB maps - another update

Site development/ Want better aerial to Freeview transmitter terrain plots? Check out UK Free TV!

Site development/ Updates made to frequencies for transmitters

Site development/ Minister considers TV premium calls ban

Site development/ Want to see upcoming DAB transmitters or local TV areas? See UK Free TV

Site development/ Welcome to the new-look UK Free TV

Site development/ Problem with engineering information

Site development/ Spam filter changed to Akismet

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Site development/ Sorry for my absenceI've not been able to post here on UK Free TV for a few months.

Site development/ Merge Sky News with The Times?

Site development/ Does the "Teletext Test" work?

Site development/ Hosting company failure

Site development/ DTG Summit: Freeview 700 MHz band for 4G very likely, BBC pay-Freeview not

Site development/ Improvements to UK Free TV transmitter mapping launched

Site development/ Mobile site - an update

Site development/ Want a clearer search or information about missing Freeview light channels?

Site development/ Digital UK, nice new site, shame about not knowing about FIVE 98.5% after switch

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Site development/ Tuesday March 23rdCatching up again

Site development/ UK digital TV transmitters radiation patterns

Site development/ Which? video shows shop staff knowledge

Site development/ Box software updates

Site development/ DAB coverage map improvements

Site development/ Better multiplex listing icons plus Storeton Wales and Caldbeck Scotland details

Site development/ Jeremy Paxman: how can we trust TV?

Site development/ Want to find the most up to date information? Introducing UK Free TV Live!

Site development/ A festive apology .. and a happy new year!

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Site development/ Free channels of the dayStarting today, I am running a series of daily articles about each of the free television channels on the Freeview, Freesat and fSfS (Freesat from Sky) platforms.

Site development/ Compare the free TV channels on the different systems.

Site development/ Changes to the "Frequency Information" section of the transmitter pages

Site development/ Clarification of engineering information

Site development/ Popular misconceptions 2: looking back at "Extending Choice"

Site development/ Speculation: is BBC three going to be replaced by BBC One +1?

Site development/ Removal of Channel 5 and B transmitter mapping artefacts

Site development/ Can you help?

Site development/ Looking through the comments

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Site development/ Want EVEN better ADVANCED aerial to Freeview transmitter terrain plots?Following on from yesterday, I have added an "advanced mode" to the new UK Free terrain plots. You can now choose the aerial height above ground level, and see the transmitters you can't get a signal from.

Site development/ PARAS - Professional Aerial Riggers Against The Sharks

Site development/ A few improvements

Site development/ ITV Play digital channel axed

Site development/ 9 weird ways that the weather will actually stop you watching free TV

Site development/ Digital Britain Report: radio

Site development/ Digital Britain Report report

Site development/ Digital Britain - providing for everyone

Site development/ Digital Britain Report - why ITV regional news?

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Site development/ ITV: Ten million fake premium rate callsThe Deloitte report - due tomorrow - into premium rate at ITV calls is a "bloodbath"

Site development/ Freeview HD will be 1080p25 and 1080i25.

Site development/ At a funeral - Wednesday

Site development/ Local TV on Freeview

Site development/ Analogue off tonight from Selkirk and relays + FIVE on Freesat

Site development/ Notes on power increase values

Site development/ Windows 7 Media with interactive BBC Wimbledon

Site development/ Comparison of analogue and digital signal levels

Site development/ Want to report Theft TV to the police?

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Site development/ CAI and RDI-LB to merge?Robert posts that "the two main bodies dealing with TV aerials will be tying up as the CAI (Confederation of Aerial Industries) is thought to be taking over the RDI-LB (Registered Digital Installers-Licensing Body)"

Site development/ Two million pound fine for GMTV

Site development/ Brighton bus stop index

Site development/ Back again

Site development/ Freeview retune day - how was it for you?

Site development/ Whatever happened to Central South, Meridian Newbury and ITV Thames Valley?