New channel on Freeview

Broadcaster Crown Castle has found room on one of its multiplexes to allow the launch of a further new channel on Freeview. The same compression techniques as used onm multiplex D will be applied to multiplex C to make way for a new 18-hour channel. ITV and Channel 4 are among the front-runners bidding to run the first extra channel while the loser, along with other unsuccessful bidders, may be invited to resubmit their proposals for the second channel.