May 25 2017
Test transmissions containing extra Red Button video streams that will become available to Sky and Freesat viewers during Wimbledon and Glastonbury have now commenced on satellite. The BBC has not confirmed the extent of its Red Button service for this summer, though the tests show five additional standard definition streams and one HD stream on […]
Apr 3 2017
BBC Music today announces a historic deal to bring the glory of Glastonbury to BBC audiences for the next five festivals. The world’s most famous music festival will be broadcast on the BBC until 2022, including the festival’s 50th anniversary year in 2020, and 2022, the BBC’s 100th anniversary year. There will be a fallow […]
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 25 2016
The BBC has begun re-configuring its services on Freeview ahead of the 2016 Olympics, which start in Rio next week. Ahead of changes to three of its regular HD channels, which are due to occur on 27th July, additional Red Button streams are now available to around 70-75% of UK households and found between channels […]
Apr 15 2016
The BBC Red Button team have launched a survey to gauge opinions from those who listen to BBC Radio via their TV (Freeview, Freesat & Sky). The survey aims to find out how often listeners listen to BBC Radio stations on their TV and whether they use the Red Button service to access additional information, […]
Mar 27 2015
Available on some internet-connected TVs, Red Button+ combines the delights of traditional telly and interactive internet, all in the simplest way possible. BBC Red Button+ brings you the best of BBC Online and iPlayer straight to your living room. You can access the service by pressing the red button on your remote control and enjoy […]
Feb 18 2015
This week sees the start of our roll-out of the BBC’s Red Button interactive services on the BBC’s HD channels on Freeview. If you are watching BBC One HD, BBC Two HD, BBC Three HD or CBBC HD, you’ll now be able to press the red button on your remote control and enjoy all the […]
Jun 8 2013
The BBC has confirmed plans for its Red Button service during the summer, following recent speculation after additional Red Button streams appeared on satellite, cable and Freeview. Alix Pryde, the Director of BBC Distribution confirmed that the Red Button service would offer HD coverage of the British F1 Grand Prix, Women’s Euros, Diamond League Athletics, […]
Jun 6 2013
Freesat viewers can now access the BBC Red Button via the Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), bringing the service in line with Freeview. With immediate effect, the BBC Red Button HD channel, which mirrors Freeview HD channel 303, is available on channel 980 on HD receivers only. The regular BBC Red Button service, which mirrors Freeview […]
Feb 18 2013
Some of the changes being rolled out on the BBC’s Red Button digital text service on Freeview this month have been reversed. BBC News pages, including regional news and business plus BBC Sport pages have reverted back to the old menu structure, which is based on the old Ceefax infrastructure. Additionally, the quarter-screen format on […]
Oct 5 2012
The BBC has confirmed it will be reducing the number of Red Button streams on Sky, Freesat and Virgin Media from five to one stream, bringing it in line with their Freeview offer. In November 2010, the BBC Trust Red Button Service Review highlighted the high cost of delivering content on multiple video streams. The […]
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Jun 14 2017
Wimbledon 2017 on the BBC – serving up an ace anniversary
The rackets are out, the strawberries and cream are being prepared and the words ‘quiet please’ will soon become a familiar phrase. BBC celebrates 90 years of Wimbledon coverage, 1927-2017 New for 2017: Wimbledon qualifying matches broadcast live from Roehampton for the first time Sue Barker leads the TV coverage across BBC One and BBC […]
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By Expat • Sport, UK Media News • Tags: BBC, BBC Red Button, HD, Wimbledon 2017