Blaze TV launches on Freeview and Sky

Blaze, A+E Network’s new free-to-air channel is now live on Freeview and Sky, providing the broadcaster with its first UK free TV outlet, ahead of an expected international launch of the new channel brand.

Targeted at a predominately male audience, Blaze is going to head-to-head on Freeview with the likes of Quest and ITV4 with back-to-back documentary / reality TV shows, including American Restoration, Pawn Stars, Mountain Men and Storage Hunters on a 24/7 basis, starting 3pm on 20th September.

There is no news on whether the channel will join the Freesat platform. The channel is however, available free-to-air on sateliite:

Frequency: 11.081
Polarisation: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 22000 (22.0 Mbaud)
FEC: 5/6
Mode: DVB-S
Service ID: 50350