Go To Latest Video ReviewsITV HD Launching on Freeview HD
| Author | Hugo Jobling |
| Published | 11th Aug 2009 |
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TrustedReviews NewslettersAbout half of you reading this are going to be pleased, the others disappointed: ITV HD is coming to Freeview HD in time for the World Cup next year - but only for 50 per cent of UK homes. The rest of you will either have to find a friend's house to watch at, or just suck it up (it's only football, after all).
ITV HD is already available on Freesat, although as a slightly annoying Red Button service rather than a channel, but ITV has now arranged with the BBC to take some of its bandwidth. As a result ITV HD will be available alongside Five, Channel 4 and, of course, BBC HD once Freeview HD's roll-out is completed. A process which, as you surely remember, starts in December in Manchester and is expected to finish in 2012.
Interestingly, ITV still hasn't signed up to offer its HD content to Sky, which means that - pending an agreement being made in the coming months - the only way to watch the World Cup in HD will be via free-to-air broadcast services. If that isn't progress I don't know what is!
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Pbryanw said on 11th August 2009
ilovethemonkeyhead said on 11th August 2009
still not clear if i'd need a new box or if any tv's can handle freeview HD.
don't like the idea of another box...
Pbryanw said on 12th August 2009
@ilovethemonkeyhead - If I recall correctly, new boxes/TVs will be needed to receive Freeview HD, as it uses a new standard (the more efficient DVB-T2, compared to DVB-T which is c... more
Tony Walker said on 12th August 2009
...and as I found out earlier today, the beeb has halved the bitrate used for its satellite service to ~9Mbps from ~19Mbps.
People are reporting problems on fast mot... more
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I wonder if there's any plans to bring it to Virgin's line-up? I've heard rumours of a linear channel, but nothing concrete.