The News Multiscreen was removed from the digital service in October 2009, to make room for future Freeview HD broadcasts.

** Freeview digital free satellite with a dozen SD channels, with SD feeds of the terrestrial HD freeview channels.

** Freeview, free-to-air digital terrestrial HD and SD content.

DTV Services is responsible for marketing services such as Freeview +, the PVR brand and Freeview HD.

The technical specification for Freeview is published and maintained by the Digital TV Group, the industry association for digital TV in the UK who also provide the test and conformance regime for Freeview, Freeview + and Freeview HD products.

With two channels ( BBC HD and ITV1 HD ) Freeview HD completed a " technical launch " on 2 December 2009 from Winter Hill ( as a full power service ) and Crystal Palace ( as a reduced power temporary service ) and operates on multiplex BBC B ( aka Multiplex B or PSB3 ) from that date in regions that switched-over on or after that date, with the service coming to all regions by the end of 2012.

Channel 4 HD commenced test broadcasts on 25 March 2010 with an animated caption, ahead of its full launch on 30 March 2010, coinciding with the commercial launch of Freeview HD.

On 3 November 2010, BBC One HD launched on Freeview HD.

Freeview HD set-top boxes and televisions are available.

In order to qualify for the Freeview HD logo, receivers will need to be IPTV-capable and display Freeview branding, including the logo, on the electronic programme guide screen.

The Freeview HD trademark requirements state that any manufacturer applying for the Freeview HD logo should submit their product to the Digital TV Group's test centre ( DTG Testing ) for conformance testing.

On 2 February 2010, Vestel became the first manufacturer to gain Freeview HD certification, for the Vestel T8300 set top box.

BBC Red Button is broadcast on all digital television platforms in the UK, including digital cable ( DVB-C ), IPTV ( TalkTalk TV – channel 503, no red button or teletext ), digital satellite ( DVB-S ) ( Sky & Freesat ) and digital terrestrial television ( DVB-T ) ( Freeview ).

The major cable television company is Virgin Media, and the digital terrestrial television company Freeview.

In addition, the station is also available through Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media and on the internet.

Also, New Zealand's free-to-air digital television network, Freeview, provides live coverage of the debating chamber when it is in session on Parliament TV.

DTV Services, trading as Freeview, is the name for the collection of free-to-air services on the Digital Terrestrial Television platform in the UK.

To receive the services that Freeview promotes, either a television with an integrated digital tuner, or an existing standard analogue television receiver ( used as a display device ) plus a set-top box ( typically available from £ 15 ) or digital PVR is required.

The Top Up TV service is not connected with the Freeview service ; it simply runs alongside it on the DTT platform.

The Digital TV Group the industry association for digital television in the UK, is responsible for co-ordination between Freeview, Top Up TV, and other digital services.

Freeview +, originally entitled " Freeview Playback ", is a consumer brand for the specification of Digital Terrestrial Recorders which is published and maintained by the Digital TV Group.

Thus equipment sold as Freeview HD before April 2011 may not deliver surround sound to audio equipment ( some equipment may, but this is not mandatory ); later equipment must be capable of surround sound compatible with most suitable audio equipment.

, 77 % of the UK population can receive the full Freeview service, with more able to receive some channels before digital switchover and all channels after Coverage is being increased as digital switchover takes place across the UK.

Wales is the first nation to complete the digital switchover with its analogue services replaced by high-powered digital signals carrying the Freeview service.

In New Zealand, DVB broadcasting is marketed under the Freeview brand name.

Its replacement, BBC Red Button, is available on most digital services including Freeview, Virgin Media, Sky and Freesat.

As a result, S4C now broadcasts solely in Welsh language and, as well as on Freeview in Wales, is available throughout Britain, Ireland and the rest of western Europe on Freesat and Sky.

Humax released the first Freeview HD reception equipment, the Humax HD-FOX T2, on 13 February 2010.

High definition production of Shortland Street started in early 2011, with the first HD episode broadcast on 18 April 2011 on the Freeview HD and Sky platforms.

On 1 April 2008, TV3 was the first New Zealand television network to introduce high-definition television, to coincide with the launch of Freeview HD and MySky HDi in New Zealand.

Dropping the ITV Digital failed business model, Freeview launched on 30 October 2002 with free television channels only, and made digital radio stations available on television receivers for the first time.

Noggin was the first commercial children's television channel launched on 30 January 2006 on TMF to air on the UK's DTT platform, Freeview, followed by CITV, then lastly Playhouse Disney on ABC1.

TeleG was established as the first daily digital Gaelic TV channel in Scotland on 31 October 1999 and was available on the Freeview platform until 23 May 2011.

Most American television sets are cable-ready and have a television tuner capable of receiving older analog cable TV ( UK televisions are set up to receive Freeview digital terrestrial broadcasting ).

A consortium made up of the BBC, BSkyB and Crown Castle International was granted ITV Digital's old broadcasting licence, and launched the Freeview service on 30 October 2002, offering 30 free-to-air TV channels and 20 free-to-air radio channels including several interactive channels such as BBCi and Teletext but no subscription or premium services.

Second hand ONdigital receivers are widely available from sources such as eBay and were fully compatible with the successor Freeview system ( and also with Top Up TV ).

A subscription-based DTT service, Top Up TV, launched in March 2004 using unused channel space on multiplexes that were owned by parties who, at the time, were not members of the Freeview consortium.

It was possible to receive Top Up TV on selected Freeview set-top boxes or televisions equipped with a card slot or CI slot, however, this was replaced in 2006 by " Top Up TV Anytime ", a service which requires a proprietary set top box.

The Digital TV Group publishes and maintains the UK technical specification for high-definition services on digital terrestrial television ( Freeview ) based on the new DVB-T2 standard.

Had the move been successful, this could have threatened to undermine the fledgling Freeview service, since at the time most digital terrestrial receivers were former ONdigital and ITV Digital units.

New channels broadcast by the commercial networks in addition to the ones listed above are available on the digital service called Freeview ( Australia ) to viewers in Traralgon and the Gippsland

The Freeview service broadcasts free-to-air television channels, radio stations and interactive services from the existing public service broadcasters.

The BBC proposed to ensure compliance with copy-protection standards on the upgraded Freeview HD multiplex by compressing the service information ( SI ) data, which receivers need to understand the TV services in the data stream.

The Freeview service underwent a major upgrade on 30 September 2009 which required 18 million households to retune their Freeview receiving equipment.

The vast majority of channels are available free-to-air through the Freeview service, with a small number of subscription channels available from Top Up TV.

A high-definition service called (" clear picture "), simulcasting S4C's main channel, began transmission on 30 April 2010 on Freeview channel 53 in Wales.

Similar services such as Saorview available in the United Kingdom ( i. e. Freeview ) and other parts of Europe ( i. e. TNT ) are not compatible with Ireland's DTT service.

Instead, the service is only available on DAB Digital Radio and on Digital television through operators on satellite services, such as Sky, cable operators, such as Virgin Media, DTT services, such as Freeview, and on IPTV.

It is also available on the Freeview satellite service.

In the UK the BBC introduced content protection restrictions in Summer 2010 on Free to Air content by licensing data necessary to receive the service information for the Freeview HD broadcasts.