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  • FreeviewTV: Something for everyone on Freeview tonight: World Cup's Shocking Moments of 2010, Celebrity Juice & Crimewatch Solved. http://bit.ly/adxukD
  • FreeviewTV: @FreeviewHD is giving away FIVE Technika #FreeviewHD boxes. Have you entered? Comp closes tomorrow at 5pm! http://bit.ly/b0Y1nK
  • FreeviewTV: We've just spotted a Freeview+HD Box for £179 on Amazon! You need this link http://amzn.to/9xkH7M & promo code BOXESTEN at checkout. Quick!
  • FreeviewTV: GREAT TV on Freeview tonight: Glastonbury at 40, The Great British Bake Off, Farewell The Bill, Don't Tell The Bride and Jedward Let Loose!
  • FreeviewTV: In true Freeview style, we are giving away 5 HD boxes in a #competition over on our @FreeviewHD page. For details: http://bit.ly/aHkEyu
  • FreeviewTV: Did you know that Freeview had a blog? You do now. http://tiny.cc/ij5bp
  • FreeviewTV: So, what's on tonight? Filmfest with The Ring, GoldenEye and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Plus Reading highlights on BBC3. http://tiny.cc/km7o4
  • FreeviewTV: We are giving away FIVE Technika Freeview HD boxes via @FreeviewHD on Twitter! Simply follow and retweet. More info at http://tiny.cc/ya60x
  • FreeviewTV: Eye opening TV tonight with I Can't Stop Stealing on BBC Three. Over on C4, Hurricane Katrina Caught on Camera. http://bit.ly/b3OS3D
  • FreeviewTV: The eternally classic movie 'Pretty Woman' is on ITV2 tonight at 9pm. Something to look forward to on this wet Wednesday evening!
 

Round Up: Freeview News and Reviews

27 August 2010

After 11 weeks, Big Brother announced its winner of 2010. Josie took the reality TV title on Tuesday night only to be thrown back in the house again with ghosts from BB past. Now Josie has left, again, ex-housemates Nikki, Brian, Chantelle and Preston (above), to name a few, are now locked in a battle [...]

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Want to win a Technika Freeview HD box?

26 August 2010

Tesco have reduced the price of their Technika Freeview HD box to £70!! With a HD Ready TV and HD coverage, you’ll be able to receive the BBC HD Channel, ITV1 and Channel 4, all in glorious high definition. Plus, with Freeview, you also get up to 50 standard digital channels including ITV2, E4, BBC [...]

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Endless Freeview HD Entertainment for only £70 at Tesco

21 August 2010

As we settled down to watch ‘The Queen’ on Channel4 last night, we spotted something that we had to share with you -Tesco have reduced their Technika Freeview HD boxes from £100 to £70! So now you can give your wallet a break and enjoy endless entertainment with Freeview HD for only £70. That stacks [...]

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Round Up: Freeview News and Reviews

20 August 2010

News How does one consume media? By multi-tasking, that’s how. Ofcom’s yearly report was released this week and it proves that we are a media-hungry society spending half our waking life consuming media in one way or another. That’s a whopping seven and a half hours a day, through mediums such as TV, internet and [...]

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Round Up: Freeview News and Reviews

30 July 2010

Sports fans can soon opt-in to receive Sky Sports channels on Freeview, thanks to Top Up TV offering its services to Freeview customers.As with all Top Up TV viewing packs, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 will be available for a simple monthly fee. But just like Freeview, they’re not tied to any lengthy [...]

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Round Up: Freeview News and Reviews

12 July 2010

Al Jazeera English joined the Freeview channel line up on 1 July, with a mixture of live news and studio programming from London, Washington and Doha. The Qatar-based news channel airs live from 6pm to 11pm daily on channel 89. Read moreThis week marks the end of an era, as retailers have officially stopped selling [...]

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Round-Up: News and Reviews

28 June 2010

In the news…Last Friday, The BBC Trust today approved Project Canvas, its venture to bring internet TV to Freeview and Freesat. The project, subject to certain conditions, is expected to go live next year.  Read moreSky Sports News will be leaving Freeview later this year, to be replaced with Sky Three+1. Read moreAnd Ofcom recently announced that [...]

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Weekly Round Up: News and Reviews

04 June 2010

Last week the BBC announced plans to launch BBC One HD this Autumn. The high-definition simulcast the BBC One schedule will see some of the BBC’s most loved programmes including The Apprentice, EastEnders and QI move to HD by the end of this year.The BBC HD channel will continue to showcase the best of the [...]

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Freeview+ HD goes in store

02 June 2010

We’ve been popping up at shopping centres around the UK to share our excitement about Freeveiw+ HD with you. We’re hosting a prize draw and one lucky shopper will win the ultimate World Cup viewing experience — watching and recording the action with Freeview+ HD!Last week we visited Brent Cross, The White Rose in Leeds [...]

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Freeview HD goes World Cup

27 May 2010

We’re only two weeks away from watching the World cup in high definition for free! To kick up even more excitement ahead of the action, we’ve put together a special page on our website to help you make the most of the World Cup on Freeview HD.Play Spot the Ball and you could win a [...]

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Yesterday Competition

27 August 2010

To Celebrate the Spirit of 1940 season, Freeview have teamed up with the channel Yesterday to offer you the chance to win a Samsung 40" LCD TV and a Freeview+ box Yesterday have commissioned a series of exclusive programmes that celebrate the Spirit of 1940 and commemorate the 70th anniversary of this astounding year. Catch the programmes that take a look back at when Britian experienced the Blitz, saw the start of food rationing and sent evacuees away from their homes. Spirit of 1940 programming is on week nights at 9pm starting with The First Day of the Blitz on Tuesday 7th September 2010. Enter your details below for a chance to win the TV and Freeview+ box, so you'll never miss your favourite yesterday programmes again. Good luck!

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Updated Freeview statement on the loss of electronic TV guide on certain older Inverto, Digifusion, Sony and Thomson products

14 July 2010

We have recently been made aware that a small number of people have experienced the loss of use of their electronic TV guide (EPG). The vast majority of Freeview customers in over 18m homes throughout the UK are unaffected by this problem.

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HD Goes Freeview

29 March 2010

High definition television comes of age today with the launch of the new HD service from Freeview, the UK’s most popular digital TV platform.

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Freeview Launches iPhone App

16 February 2010

New Freeview HD TV Guide offers listings, search and recommendations for millions of Freeview viewers.

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Freeview Viewers in Sheffield to Retune on 17 March 2010

20 January 2010

Freeview viewers receiving a signal from the Sheffield transmitter will need to retune their equipment on Wednesday 17 March to continue watching BBC services. The retune is required to prepare local transmitters for the future rollout of HD (high definition) channels on Freeview.

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Freeview Passes 10 Million Benchmark

2 December 2009

Rapid growth boosted by switchover success

Freeview today announced that it has passed a key benchmark to become the main-set TV service in 10 million UK homes.

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Final Countdown to Freeview National Retune 30 September 2009

16 September 2009

Campaign to remind viewers to retune gets underway.

A national upgrade of the Freeview service is just two weeks away and viewers are being reminded to retune their equipment from lunchtime on Wednesday, 30 September* so they can continue receiving all channels and services available to them, including Five.

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TV Stars Drive New Freeview Campaign

31 August 2009

Freeview, the UK’s most popular digital TV service, today unveiled its latest £4 million national and regional television campaign featuring a host of British TV talent from across the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 schedules.

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Freeview launches ‘Remember to Retune’ campaign

28 July 2009

To encourage regular retuning to make sure viewers are receiving all Freeview channels and services available to them, Freeview is launching its ‘Remember to Retune’ campaign ahead of an upgrade of the Freeview service which will require viewers to retune on or after Wednesday 30 September this year.

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Quest Channel Launch Boosted by First Freeview Site Sponsorship

29 April 2009

Latest update: Quest has postponed its launch citing commercial factors.

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Tim Hunt Joins Freeview as Director of Marketing Communications

29 April 2009

Freeview has appointed Tim Hunt as Director of Marketing Communications. Tim replaces Rob Farmer who joins ITV as Director of Viewer Marketing at the beginning of May.

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Freeview upgrades iPhone app for iOS 4 users following user feedback

24 August 2010

Version 1.1 for easier TV planning, favourite programme sharing and searching of Freeview content

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Freeview HD TV

How to buy a flatscreen TV

21 June 2010

If you've held out from buying an HD flatscreen TV this long, you have inadvertently made a very clever decision.

With the launch of Freeview HD you can now get the most from you new TV right from the off.

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4Music's BlogStar!

4Music’s BlogStar!

4 June 2010

We want to run a competition fronted by likable duo Matt & Darren to find a self-motivated, enthusiastic music fan who is digitally savvy and ideally already an active blogger with a healthy online following. The winner will spend 3 months with the 4Music online team and help create fresh and exciting content which we wholly own the rights to. We will encourage them to work on the following...

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Freeview launches iPhone app - the Freeview HD TV Guide

16 February 2010

 

Just as the first Freeview HD boxes arrive instore Freeview has launched its new iPhone app.

Now you can plan your viewing whilst you are on the go and make sure you catch your favourite programmes.

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Freeview HD

First Freeview HD boxes go on sale in London

12 February 2010

It was only last week we saw the first review of the Humax HD-FOX T2 box on Tech Radar.

They are now in John Lewis on Oxford Street and available from other retailers from Monday (15/2).

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CNN Competition

CNN Competition

9 December 2009

Keep up with all of the latest world news and debate, on the move, with an iPod nano from CNN.

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Freeview HD

Freeview HD latest news

10 December 2009

Wednesday 2nd December saw the technical launch of Freeview HD. The BBC HD and ITV 1 HD transmission is now live from the TV masts in London (Crystal Palace) and the Granada TV region (Winter Hill).

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Microsoft

Freeview on your PC

17 September 2009

TV tuner giveaway – Try it out and tell your friends!

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Autumn Highlights

Autumn 2009 New Season on Freeview

2 September 2009

The nights may be drawing in on our 'Barbecue Summer' but fortunately there's a rich choice of new drama, entertainment and factual programmes on Freeview to dazzle you this Autumn (Generation Kill, Channel 4).

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Film4 Summer Screen

Film4 Summer Screen Competition

14 July 2009

The Film4 Summer Screen returns for another year and Freeview have got a pair of tickets to give away!

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