Mar 10 2009
Sky+ HD customers whose boxes received yesterday’s programme guide upgrade are able to manually add ITV HD to their lineups. According to reports on Digital Spy’s Sky+ HD forum, ITV HD may be accessed by going to the Add Channels menu and using the following settings: 11.427H, 2/3, 27500, channel 10510. ITV’s high definition service […]
Jun 7 2008
TV HD launched on Freesat today showing Portugal’s Euro 2008 game against Turkey as its first publically available HD broadcast. Access to the HD channel, is through the ‘red’ button on ITV1 (channel 103). ITV HD will not be available on Freeview, Virgin or Sky. It has also been confirmed, that games on Monday through […]
May 22 2008
ITV’s new high definition channel was viewable on Freesat receivers for the first time last night in a non-publicised test broadcast. Freesat HD viewers were able to watch the Champions League final in HD by entering an access code while watching ITV1. When formally launched, ITV HD content will be accessible to Freesat viewers via […]
May 6 2008
ITV HD is scheduled to begin broadcasting its regular schedule on Freesat, accessible solely via ITV’s red button interactive services, in “a few weeks”, it was confirmed. Freesat managing director Emma Scott said ITV would be releasing further details of its high definition channel, and commence full broadcasting, in “hopefully a few weeks time”. She […]
May 2 2008
Speculation is mounting that ITV’s new high definition service will be exclusive to Freesat. Test transmissions for ITV HD are now being broadcast on Eurobird 1 at 11.428 GHz with horizontal polarisation, a symbol rate of 27500, and a service ID of 10510. However, the stream may not be viewed on Sky boxes, nor traditional […]
May 28 2006
High definition test transmissions for ITV, Channel 4 and Five have started broadcasting on low power from the Crystal Palace transmitter in South London. The multiplex, located on UHF channel 27, is currently carrying two 576i SD streams and one 1080i HD service. However, most viewers with a digital terrestrial TV set-top-box in London will […]
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Jul 6 2009
ITV in talks over Blu-ray HD disc copy ban
ITV has announced that it is “talking” to both Panasonic and Freesat about making its high definition content available to copy onto Blu-ray disc. ITV’s HD output is being flagged with Copy Never codes to prevent it from being archived from Panasonic’s Blu-ray recorder onto disc. By comparison, the BBC gives its HD content a […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: Blu-ray HD disc copy ban, ITV, ITV HD, Panasonic