Freesat is the Free-To-Air satellite platform in the UK.
Jul 18 2017
Dave and Home, two of the UK’s best-known and most popular TV channels, will be available to all Freesat viewers from the 1st August 2017. Dave will be on Freesat channel 157 and Home on 166. Loads of the most loved programmes like Taskmaster, Red Dwarf XI, and Dara O’Brain’s Go 8 Bit will be […]
Jul 12 2017
Freesat viewers with the latest set-top-boxes won’t miss a moment of their favourite BBC shows thanks to a new ‘Watch from Start’ feature in the TV guide. Available from today, ‘Watch from Start’ allows you to restart live programmes on all BBC channels without waiting for the programme to end. Freesat is the first TV […]
Jul 4 2017
Quest and Quest Red are now available to watch on Freesat channel numbers 167 and 169. There’s a huge variety of programmes to suit everyone across entertainment, documentaries, factual, sport, entertainment, crime and reality. Watch popular shows such as Salvage Hunters, Wheeler Dealers and Spanish Civil War with Michael Portillo on Quest, and Say Yes […]
May 25 2017
Freesat today announces strong growth in the twelve months to 30 March 2017, with 904,000 devices sold – an increase of 90% year on year – benefiting from the continuing popularity of smart and UHD televisions. Freesat’s customer base continues to thrive with 58,000 new homes added over the course of the financial year. This […]
Feb 9 2017
4Music, the music channel playing the biggest hits by the biggest artists, has now launched on Freesat. The launch takes place ahead of the 59th Grammy Awards, which will premiere in the UK on 4Music at 8pm on 13th February. Viewers can tune in to enjoy live music programmes such as Trending Live!, and The […]
Nov 1 2016
A+E Networks UK has extended distribution of its new free-to-air channel Blaze, following a deal with subscription-free satellite TV platform Freesat. Blaze is now available to the 1.9 million Freesat homes on channel number 162. The announcement came six weeks after the global debut of the new entertainment brand in the UK on Freeview (Channel […]
Aug 11 2016
Freesat, the UK’s subscription-free satellite TV service, is delighted to announce the launch of a live audience measurement service showing viewing behaviour in real time. The service, which runs on a ground-breaking audience attribution platform developed by TVbeat, shows viewer behaviour across channels and programmes to a high level of granularity, giving channel executives and other users […]
Aug 1 2016
Freesat is to carry the BBC broadcast of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games live, across eight channels in HD and SD. Available via the BBC Red Button and accessible via the Freesat EPG, viewers will be able to watch the world’s greatest athletes achieve sporting success live from Rio de Janeiro when the games commence […]
Jul 13 2016
BIKE, the first television channel entirely dedicated to the world of cycling, is now available to over 17 million households in the UK after signing a distribution agreement with Freesat. Available on Freesat channel 251 from 12 July, viewers will be treated to world-class live and exclusive coverage of many of the season’s top professional races, […]
Jun 7 2016
Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services (formerly Testronic Labs Belgium), has been selected by Freesat, the joint venture between ITV and the BBC, to automate monitoring of service availability across Freesat’s subscription-free satellite TV service in the UK. In addition, Freesat will use Eurofins’ TestWizard suite and […]
May 31 2016
Some channels will be moving on Freesat on June 6, filling the gaps left by the BBC’s reorganisation of services following the closure of BBC Three. The changes are due to complete week commencing 6th June 2016: ITV HD* moves from 119 to 111 ITVBe+1 moves from 158 to 119 Pick+1 moves from 159 to […]
Jul 18 2017
Freesat Channel number changes
Some of the channels in Freesat’s Entertainment section have moved in the TV guide. Here is a list of channels with new numbers: 152 True Entertainment +1 153 TruTV 154 ITV4 +1 155 PBS America 156 YourTV 157 Dave (from 1st August) 166 Home (from 1st August) 167 Quest 169 Quest Red Your Freest box […]
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