Press
14 July 2010
Updated Freeview statement on the loss of electronic TV guide on certain older Inverto, Digifusion, Sony and Thomson products
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.
29 March 2010
HD Goes Freeview
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.
16 February 2010
Freeview Launches iPhone App
New Freeview HD TV Guide offers listings, search and recommendations for millions of Freeview viewers.
20 January 2010
Freeview Viewers in Sheffield to Retune on 17 March 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.
2 December 2009
Freeview Passes 10 Million Benchmark
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.
Filed in: Results
16 September 2009
Final Countdown to Freeview National Retune 30 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.
Filed in: Announcements
31 August 2009
TV Stars Drive New Freeview Campaign
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.
Filed in: Announcements
28 July 2009
Freeview launches ‘Remember to Retune’ campaign
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.
Filed in: Announcements
29 April 2009
Tim Hunt Joins Freeview as Director of Marketing Communications
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.
Filed in: Announcements
29 April 2009
Quest Channel Launch Boosted by First Freeview Site Sponsorship
Latest update: Quest has postponed its launch citing commercial factors.
Filed in: News
