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A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there were 485 TV stations, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010.
This is a list of current high definition channels that are available in the United Kingdom, together with those coming in the future, and those that have ceased broadcasting. All HD channels in the UK broadcast at 1080i, apart from Sky Sports Main Event UHD channel and the BT Sport Ultimate 4K.
Channel 5, as a British public service broadcaster, are required to broadcast a wide variety of programming. As opposed to Channel 4, whose programming remit targets the fringes of society and ranges a variety of cultures, Channel 5's remit is more like ITV 's. The Channel's remit is laid out in the Communications Act 2003, Section 265 and is ...
These regional channels are licensed by Ofcom under the Local Digital Television Programme, [44] with That's TV currently broadcasting as a semi-national network (one which also uses the That's Christmas/That's New Year name over festive periods) with local opt-outs and a service streaming to the whole country via the VisionTV platform on channel 264 and as That's TV Gold on Freeview channel 91.
EE TV (formerly BT Vision and then BT TV until 2023) is a subscription IPTV service offered by EE; a brand of British telecommunications company BT Group. It requires the signing up to and use of the EE Broadband internet and phone service, with connection via EE's official router, the EE Smart Hub .
Channel 5 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global 's UK and Australia division. It was launched in 1997 to provide a fifth national terrestrial channel in the United Kingdom.
Now (streaming service) Now (formerly Now TV and often stylised as NOW) is a subscription over-the-top internet television service operated by British satellite television provider Sky Group. Launched in the United Kingdom in 2012, the service is also available in Ireland, Italy, Germany, and the United States (via parent company Comcast ).
ESPN launched on in the UK on 3 August 2009. The channel marked ESPN's first foray into live coverage of domestic sports events in the UK. On 31 July 2013, BT completed their purchase of ESPN's UK and Ireland TV channels business but continue to operate ESPN, however the programming largely resembles that of ESPN America.