Press - 2006
11 December 2006
TV classics are recipe for Christmas Day delight
- No, but, yeah, but it’s official - Only Fools and Horses beats Little Britain to be crowned top Christmas comedy
- Del and Rodney as Batman and Robin is nation’s favourite festive comedy moment
- Dirty Den serving Angie with divorce papers is greatest Christmas soap scene
- ET kicks Star Wars into touch as the nation’s favourite festive film of all time
- A third of the population is set to watch up to four hours of TV on Christmas Day
Filed in: News
15 November 2006
Major manufacturers sign up to Freeview Playback
Freeview today announced that six major manufacturers – Alba, Humax, Sagem, Sharp, Sony, and TVonics have signed up to produce Freeview Playback-branded digital TV recorders.
Filed in: News
2 November 2006
Freeview welcomes you to 'Free TV Land'
Freeview today unveiled ‘Free TV Land’, a new brand look and feel, developed to engage with consumers and communicate the central values of the free-to-air digital TV service – free, simple and inclusive.
Filed in: Announcements
13 July 2006
Now you can sing-a-long to Virgin Radio on Freeview
Virgin Radio, the UK’s leading commercial pop and rock music station, is set to launch on Freeview, providing viewers with yet more digital radio choice and entertainment.
Filed in: Announcements
9 July 2006
Film4 launches on Freeview
From the 23rd July, all Freeview viewers will be able to enjoy the dedicated movie channel FilmFour for free. The relaunch of FilmFour makes it the UK’s only free-to-air movie channel and brings it to Freeview viewers for the very first time.
Filed in: Announcements
17 May 2006
Freeview launches 'Freeview Playback' brand
Freeview today announced plans to launch a digital TV recorder brand, ‘Freeview Playback’, designed to raise consumer awareness and boost sales of these DTT products.
Filed in: Announcements
1 March 2006
Freeview hits 10 million sales mark
Freeview today announced that sales of Freeview-enabled digital boxes and digital televisions have passed the 10 million mark (1). Launched in October 2002, the successful free-to-air digital terrestrial TV service is now in 6.4 million homes (2), making it one of the fastest growing consumer entertainment services ever to launch in the UK
Filed in: Results